RPC III, 2408A


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	2408A
Province	Asia
Subprovince	Conventus of Sardis
Region	Lydia
City	Sardis
Reign	Hadrian
Obverse inscription	ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ
Obverse design	draped bust of Dionysus (wearing ivy wreath), rl
Reverse inscription	ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ
Reverse design	bearded Silenus seated on altar, right, half naked, holding cantharus in his right hand and infant Dionysus on his left knee
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	21 mm
Axis	6
Specimens	3 (2 in the core collections)
Note	see now M. Amandry, Antinoüs RPC III 2408 (Sardes) et 2667 (Amorium) : deux cas de regravure d’époque moderne dans F. Stroobants et Ch. Lauwers ed., Detur dignissimo. Studies in honour of Johan van Heesch, Bruxelles, 2020, p. 309-313
Addition	Additional coin-type (post publication)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸		Leu EA 7, 23 Feb. 2019, lot 707	21	4.98	6		Show
2	2	Mu: 21	SNG 948	23.2	6.52	6		Show
3	3	V: GR 19575	Blum pl. III, 16	20	5.45	6	Modern forgery: see now M. Amandry, Antinoüs RPC III 2408 (Sardes) et 2667 (Amorium) : deux cas de regravure d’époque moderne dans F. Stroobants et Ch. Lauwers ed., Detur dignissimo. Studies in honour of Johan van Heesch, Bruxelles, 2020, p. 309-313. Obverse recut from a specimen similar to 1 or 2.	Show