RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 20262)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 20262)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Phrygia
City Temenothyrae
Reign Philip I
Magistrate Gaius Arruntius Nikomachos, son of Τiberinianus (high priest and first archon for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΙΕΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ
Edition Ἱερὰ Σύνκλητος
Translation Sacred Senate
Obverse design draped bust of the Senate, left
Reverse inscription ΑΡΟΥΝ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΑΧΟϹ ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΥϹ ΑΡΧ Α ΤΟ Β ΤΗΜΕΝΟΘΥΡΕΥϹΙ
Edition Ἄρουν(τος) Νεικομάχου ἀρχιερέως ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ τὸ βʹ Τημενοθύρευσι(ν)
Translation Arruntius Nikomachos, high priest and first archon for the second time, to the Temenothyraeans
Reverse design Heracles holding club and lion skin, advancing left towards column surmounted by deity resting on sceptre, pointing torch towards small Eros standing next to column, pulling robe attached at Heracles' leg
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 43 mm
Average weight 41.26 g
Axis 6
Specimens 12 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1897,0503.28 BMC 12 = AMSMN 22 (1977), pl. 5,2
— —     P: Hoffmann 102
— —     P: AA.GR.17033
— —     P: 2094 RN 11 (1907), p. 128 (ill. rev.) = AMSMN 22 (1977), pl. 5,3
— —     ✸ B: 18274873, 1845/4963
— —     G Hunter 1 = SNG 1997 = AMSMN 22 (1977), pl. 5,4
— —     G Hunter 2 = SNG 1998F
— —     Vat cast in Winterthur
— —     ex. coll. Pozzi = Bulletin national des antiquaires de France 1906, p. 386, ill. (BnF / Gallica) = RN 11 (1907), p. 128 (ill. rev.)
— —     Gorny & Mosch 60, 5 Oct. 1992, lot 231
— —     Leu WA 30, 13 July 2024, lot 1427 = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 1211 = Naumann 79, 7 July 2019, lot 391 = Naumann 76, 7 Apr. 2019, lot 276
— —     Leu WA 32, 7–10 Dec. 2024, lot 1141 = Leu WA 28, 9 Dec. 2023, lot 2320