RPC IX, 834

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 834
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Metropolis
Reign Trajan Decius
Obverse inscription ΒΟΥΛΗ
Edition Βουλή
Translation Council
Obverse design veiled and draped bust of Boule, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, ΦΡΥ
Edition Μητροπολειτῶν Φρυ(γίας)
Translation of the Metropolitans of Phrygia
Reverse design Mên, crescent behind, standing right, foot on bull head, holding sceptre and pine cone
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.05 g
Axis 6
Reference Martin, Demos Metropolis 2
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 833/1. 1–3: same rev. die as 835/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1971/399
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     Gorny & Mosch 155, 5 Mar. 2007, lot 221