RPC III, 2409

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2409
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Uncertain
Issue Coinage without imperial portrait
Dating Trajan/Hadrian
Obverse inscription ΖΕΥϹ ΛΥΔΙΟϹ
Obverse design head of Zeus Lydios, left, hair bound with taenia
Reverse inscription ΘΕΑ ΡΩΜΗ
Reverse design Roma with crested helmet, chiton and peplos, seated left on cuirass and shields, holding Nike on her extended right hand, sword in sheath in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6, 9
Reference BMC 77
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: TC,p193.n3 BMC 77
2 2     P: 1168
3 3     CGT coll., ex Gerhard Rohde
4 4     CGT coll., ex eBay Savoca
5 5     ✸ Leu EA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2581 = ETB coll., ex Naumann 45, 6 May 2018, lot 369
6 6     R. Pudill coll. (ex Savoca 32 Blue, 23 May 2020, lot 962)