RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 20238)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 20238)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Philip I
Magistrate Aurelius Herakleidianos (strategos)
Issue First issue
Obverse inscription ΑϹΙΑϹ ΛΥΔΙΑϹ ΕΛΛΑΔΟϹ Α ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙϹ ϹΑΡΔΙϹ
Edition Ἀσίας Λυδίας Ἑλλάδος ἡ μητρόπολις Σάρδις
Translation of Asia, Lydia, and Greece, the Metropolis, Sardis
Obverse design turreted, veiled and draped bust of the Tyche of Sardis, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΙΑΝΟΥ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΤΥΛΟϹ, ΓΗ
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἡρακλειδιανοῦ Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρων Τύλος Γῆ
Translation under strategos Aurelius Herakleidianos, of the Sardians, twice neocorate, Tylos, Earth
Reverse design Tylos, holding indistinct object, standing right in biga drawn by two winged serpents riding over Ge lying left, holding ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 40 mm
Average weight 33.03 g
Axis 12
Reference Hochard 2219
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L
    P: 1313A
    Dussen 24, 1 June 1995, lot 2918
    ✸ Lanz 163, 7 Dec. 2016, lot 439
    Naumann 45, 3 July 2016, lot 473