RPC VII.2, 2177

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2177
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of the Cyclades
Region Cyclades
City Siphnus
Reign Uncertain
Magistrate Hero—
Obverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΗΡΟ
Obverse design bust of Athena (wearing aegis?), right
Reverse inscription ϹΙΦΝΙωΝ
Reverse design eagle standing, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Le Quéré 77
Specimens 10 (8 in the core collections)
Note The obverse legend is retrograde. Type given to the fourth century BC by SNG Cop, followed by CNG, but considered as a pseudo-autonomous issue from the Roman period by BMC and Le Quéré.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1841,B.2176 BMC 11
2 2     P: L 2339
3 3     P: 400
4 4     B: Rauch
5 5     B: 1864/28686
6 6     B: I-B
7 7     Cop SNG 752
8 8     Mu
9 9     A: 4809b
10 10     CNG EA 248, 26 Jan. 2011, lot 118