RPC IX, 795

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 795
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Lydia
City Tripolis
Reign Trajan Decius
Obverse inscription ΔΗΜΟϹ
Edition Δῆμος
Translation the People
Obverse design bare head of the Demos (youthful), right
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, ΜΑΙΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Τριπολειτῶν Μαίανδρος
Translation of the Tripolitans, Maeander
Reverse design river god (Meandros) reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia, resting on overturned vase from which water flows
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 8.97 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 26
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 794/1–6, 796/1, 797/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 26
2 2     Cop SNG 737
3 3     V-ON Leypold 1334
4 4     SNG vA 3307
5 5     CGT coll. = Auctiones 45, 21 Feb. 2016, lot 69