RPC VII.1, 229

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 229
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Saitta
Reign Gordian III
Magistrate Aurelius Aelius Attalianos (first archon for the second time and son of an asiarch of equestrian rank)
Obverse inscription ΙΕΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ
Edition Ἱερὰ Σύνκλητος Ἱερὰ Σύνκλητος
Translation Sacred Senate
Obverse design draped bust of Senate, right
Reverse inscription Ε ΑΙΛ ΑΤΤΑΛΙΑΝΟΥ Υ ΙΠ ΑϹ[ ] ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Αἰλίου Ἀτταλιανοῦ ὑοῦ ἱππικοῦ ἀσ--- Σαϊττηνῶν ἐ(πὶ) Αἰλ(ίου) Ἀτταλιανοῦ ὑ(οῦ) ἱπ(πικοῦ) ἀσ[---] Σαϊττηνῶν
Translation under Aelius Attalianus, son of an equestrian asiarch, [---] of the Saittians
Reverse design Dionysus reclining left in biga drawn by two Centaurs of which one holds an amphora and the other a tympanum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 40 mm
Average weight 31.37 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 228/1–2, RPC VIII 1114/1–2 (Thyatira), RPC VIII 1393/1, RPC VIII 1565/1 (Laodicea ad Lycum).
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.2013 SNG vA 8243