RPC III, 2428

 

Image of specimen #18

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2428
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Maeonia
Reign Uncertain
Issue Coinage without imperial portrait
Dating Hadrian?
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Heracles, right
Reverse inscription ΜΑΙΟΝΩΝ
Reverse design club and bow in quiver; above or below, bee
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 14 mm
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference BMC 3–4, Hochard 1276
Specimens 18 (4 in the core collections)
Note The axis depends if the ethnic is read vertically or horizontally

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 3
2 2     L BMC 4
3 3     Cop SNG 217
4 4     Mu SNG 299
5 5     Tübingen SNG 3717
6 6     Tübingen SNG 3718
7 7     SNG vA 3008
8 8     Klein coll. (Nomismata 3)
9 9     Künker 89, 8 Mar. 2004, lot 1416
10 10     MM Deutschland 17, 4 Oct. 2005, lot 901
11 11     MM Deutschland 30, 28 May 2009, lot 779
12 12     Rauch 85, 26 Nov. 2009, lot 222
13 13     CGT coll., ex eBay Gitbud & Naumann
14 14     Tatiș (SNG Turkey 10) 593
15 15     MM Deutschland, Righetti IV, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 781
16 16     Sardis 153 (and Pl. 1)
17 17     Pecunem Auction 18, 1 June 2014, lot 426
18 18     ✸ Naumann Auction 52, 2 Apr. 2017, lot 1073