RPC II, 1172

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1172
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Halicarnassus
Region Caria
City Cos
Reign Uncertain
Magistrate Kalymnios
Dating Late first or early second century
Obverse inscription ΚΩΙΩΝ
Edition Κώιων Κώιων
Translation of the Coans
Obverse design laureate head of Asclepius, right; to right, serpent staff
Reverse inscription ΚΑΛΥΜΝΙΟΣ
Edition Καλυμνιός Καλυμνιός
Translation Kalymnios
Reverse design Palladium, left; in front, olive branch and altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 3.02 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 205
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
Note Not a complete listing. P. Requier, BSFN 80.05 (Mai 2025), pp. 155-61, suggests a date in the reign of Caligula.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1925,0913.12
2 2     ✸ L: HPB,p120.n13 BMC 205
3 3     L: 1961,0301.342
4 4     Göttingen: D6 40.5 see Requier, p. 156 figure 1