RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 20252)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 20252)
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 cornucopia and rudder crossed
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.14 g
Axis 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 12
Reference Hochard 2200 corr.
Specimens 21 (4 in the core collections)
Note Attributed to the time of Philip by Johnston, Sardis, p. 48, no. 266 and p. 83. On the obv., the letters ΝΟϹ (of ΑϹΚΗΝΟϹ) are written on the crescent.

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Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: 1892,0507.143 BMC 95
    P: AA.GR.819
    P: 1156
    V: GR 19550
    V-ON SNG Leypold 1198
    Winterthur: II, 3924 GrMW II, 3924
    Bell, Sardis 277
    Bucephalus Numismatic 3, 12 Feb. 2022, lot 271
    CGT coll.
    CGT coll.
    CGT coll.
    CGT coll.
    CGT coll. = Savoca 16 Blue, 9 Feb. 2019, lot 736
    CNG EA 216, 12 Aug. 2009, lot 338
    CNG EA 222, 11 Nov. 2009, lot 311 = Münzen und Medaillen 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 837 (Righetti)
    Johnston, Sardis, p. 48, no. 266
    Naumann 49, 8 Jan. 2017, lot 451
    Roma EA 114, 23 Nov. 2023, lot 365 = CNG EA 544, 16 Aug. 2023, lot 326 = Gorny & Mosch 233, 6 Oct. 2015, lot 1995
    Roma Numismatics EA 2, 2 Nov. 2013, lot 260 = Hirsch 284, 26 Sept. 2012, lot 2437
    Savoca 16 Blue, 9 Feb. 2019, lot 736
    SNG Turkey 10, 769