RPC IV.2, 336 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 336 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Issue 'Pseudo-autonomous': without personal name but associated through shared dies with coins of the sophist Kl. Proklos, strategos
Dating c. 161–166
Obverse inscription ϹΙΠΥΛΗΝΗ
Obverse design turreted and draped bust of Cybele Sipylene, right
Reverse inscription ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ
Reverse design lion standing, right, placing left fore-praw on tympanum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference Klose VIII, Serie A, 15–17, BMC 175, Cop 1265
Specimens 20 (13 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Winterthur Bloesch 2, no. 3162 = Klose VIII, Serie A, 15, pl. 10 (R14), ex coll. F. Imhoof-Blumer
2 2     V: GR 17672
3 3     ✸ G: II, 371, no. 134 SNG I, no. 1529
4 4     C: no number
5 5     N: Fiorelli 8191
6 6     B: (Löbb)
7 7     O
8 8     Cop: 1265
9 9     L: BMC 171
10 10     B: I-B
11 11     Trade
12 12     Private coll., cast at Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, 4508
13 13     Zurich: 607
14 14     Private coll. Keun, Athens, Inv. 1168
15 15     P: 2512
16 16     Mu: 241
17 17     Gotha Klose VIII, Serie A, 16, pl. 10 (V3, R15)
18 18     P: 2517
19 19     Mu: no number
20 20     NY: 1944.100.46927 Klose VIII, Serie A, 17, pl. 10 (V4)