RPC IX, 888

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 888
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, between two palms; star on the pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.25 g
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference BMC 29
Specimens 14 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 5, 7–10: same pair of dies. 2, 4: same pair of dies. 1–14: same obv. die as 886/1–7, 887/1–4, 892/1–4.
Note Four other coins are of the same description (L 1979,0101.2320, 11.54, and Cop 717, 10.69: same dies; B Löbb, 10.17, and M&M GmbH 16, 19 May 2005, lot 606, 8.90: same dies) but are heavier and of very different style. They are here excluded on the basis they must be earlier (or, indeed, later).  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: 1844,0425.1820 BMC 29
2 2     P: 2024
3 3     ✸ P: 2026
4 4     B: Fox
5 5     B: I-B
6 6     B: Löbb.
7 7     NY: 1973.191.50
8 8     V: GR 19973
9 9     Tübingen SNG 4198
10 10     CNG EA 209, 22 Apr. 2009, lot 265
11 11     Falghera 2975
12 12     SNG vA 8447
13 13     CGT coll. = Pecunem 34, 9 Aug. 2015, lot 758
14 14     H.I. coll. = Zeus Numimsmatics 24, 24 May 2022, lot 397