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Image of specimen #6 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/1910 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | III |
Number | 1910 |
Province | Asia |
Subprovince | Conventus of Pergamum |
Region | Ionia |
City | Chios |
Reign | Uncertain |
Issue | Group IIID: reign of Trajan or Hadrian? |
Dating | First half of the second century |
Obverse inscription | ΧΙΩΝ |
Edition | Χίων |
Translation | of the Chians |
Obverse design | sphinx seated right, lifting right paw over amphora; small club symbol in exergue |
Reverse inscription | ΑϹϹΑΡΙΟΝ ΗΜΥϹΥ |
Edition | ἀσσάριον ἥμυσυ |
Translation | assarion, half |
Reverse design | two crossed thyrsoi in the centre and a star on each side; all within a vine wreath from which hangs a small bunch of grapes at the top of the thyrsoi |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 23 mm |
Average weight | 7.41 g |
Axis | 6 |
Reference | Mavrogordato 110γ |
Specimens | 15 (14 in the core collections) |
Note | Lagos subdivided the coins into 3 groups: 1, 2-9 |