RPC IX, 887

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 887
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Synnada
Region Phrygia
City Synnada
Reign Trajan Decius
Obverse inscription ϹΥΝΝΑΔΕΩΝ
Edition Συνναδέων
Translation of the Synnadeans
Obverse design bare head of Heracles, right
Reverse inscription ΔΩΡΙΕΩΝ ΙΩΝΩΝ
Edition Δωριέων Ἰωνῶν
Translation of the Dorian Ionians
Reverse design temple with two columns enclosing shield; star on the pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 6.62 g
Axis 5
Reference SNG Tübingen 4199
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 886/1–7, 888/1–14, 892/1–4.
Note The object was identified as a shield by Nollé, but see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/63277.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1930,1210.19
2 2     C: Leake 2554
3 3     Tübingen SNG 4199
4 4     Hirsch 256, 5 May 2008, lot 288