RPC IX, 1437

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1437
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Mallus
Reign Trajan Decius
Obverse inscription SACRA SINATVS
Edition Sacra S{i}<e>natus
Translation sacred Senate
Obverse design veiled and draped bust of the Senate (as a female), right
Reverse inscription MALLO COLONIA
Edition Mallo(ton) colonia
Translation the colony of the Mallians
Reverse design turreted and veiled Fortuna seated on rocks, left, holding ear of corn; on each side, Roman vexillum inscribed S and C; at her feet, two river gods (Pyramos) swimming in different directions
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 17.74 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 30–1
Specimens 21 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 16–18: same pair of dies. 1–20: same obv. die as 1436/1–4. 16–18: same rev. die as 1436/1–4.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1839,0919.30 BMC 31
2 2     L: 1893,1002.70 BMC 30, pl. XVII.11
3 3     P: L 647
4 4     B: 211/1889
5 5     B: B-I
6 6     NY: 1944.100.54111
7 7     Harvard: 1983.56.202
8 8     CNG EA 124, 12 Oct. 2005, lot 72
9 9     CGT coll. = Rutten & Wieland = CNG EA 233, 26 May 2010, lot 283
10 10     ✸ CNG EA 304, 12 June 2013, lot 216
11 11     Gorny & Mosch 212, 5 Mar. 2013, lot 2494
12 12     Hirsch 271, 17 Feb. 2011, lot 2073 = Hirsch 264, 25 Nov. 2009, lot 328 = Hirsch 261, 7 May 2009, lot 377
13 13     Lindgren I, 1543
14 14     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 912
15 15     Tahberer 972
16 16     Ziegler 918
17 17     Ziegler 919
18 18     Ziegler 920
19 19     Ziegler 921 (922 on pl. 48) = Müller 55, 12 June 1987, lot 499
20 20     Boston: 68.577
21 21     M. Suárez coll.