RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 20251)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 20251)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Philip I
Issue First issue
Obverse inscription ΜΗΝ ΑϹΚΗΝΟϹ
Edition Μὴν Ἀσκηνός
Translation Mên Askaenos
Obverse design draped bust of Mên wearing Phrygian cap, right, crescent at shoulders
Reverse inscription ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Σαρδιανῶν β νεωκόρων
Translation of the Sardians, twice neocorate
Reverse design bunch of four ears of corn tied together with ribbon
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 4.33 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Hochard 2194 corr. and  2199 corr.
Specimens 14 (8 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., the letters ΝΟϹ (of ΑϹΚΗΝΟϹ) are written on the crescent.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1839,1224.204 BMC 96
— —     P: 1158
— —     P: AA.GR.822
— —     P: 1159 Wa 5217
— —     Cop SNG 512
— —     Mu SNG 501
— —     V: GR 19549
— —     V: GR 19548
— —     Yale: 2004.6.2967
— —     Bell, Sardis 278
— —     CGT coll.
— —     CGT coll. = Naumann 52, 2 Apr. 2017, lot 1288
— —     Gorny & Mosch 126, 14 Oct. 2003, lot 1840
— —     ✸ Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 38, 6 Dec. 2015, lot 511