RPC IV.2, 1785 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1785 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Uncertain
Magistrate Apollonios (strategos)
Issue 'Pseudo-autonomous': The Antonines
Dating c. 138–192
Obverse inscription ΙΟΥ ΠΡΟΚΛΑΝ ΗΡΩΙΔΑ
Edition Ἰου(λίαν) Πρόκλαν ἡρωίδα
Translation for Julia Prokla heroine
Obverse design draped bust of Julia Prokla, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΣΤΡΑ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙ ΜΥΤΙ
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Ἀπολλωνί(ου) Μυτι(ληναίων)
Translation under the strategos Apollonios, of the Mytileneans
Reverse design Sappho seated, right, playing lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.56 g
Axis 1, 6, 7
Reference BMC 165, L. Forrer, RBN 57 (1901), 418, no. 1, F. Bürchner, ZfN 9 (1882), p. 115
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 165, pl. XXXIX.6
2 2     G: II, 317, no. 14 SNG I, no. 1313
3 3     P: 283
4 4     P: 284
5 5     NY: 1944.100.44579
6 6     ✸ CNG 51 (15/09/1999), 877 = Triton 8 (11/01/2005), 762
7 7     CNG Mail Bid Sale 72 (14/06/2006), 1161