RPC IV.2, 2780 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2780 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Teos
Reign Antoninus Pius
Magistrate Asklepiades (strategos)
Dating c. 147–152
Obverse inscription ΤΕΩϹ
Edition Τέως
Translation Teos
Obverse design turreted and draped bust of Dionysus (youthful) as the Tyche of Teos, right; to left, thyrsus
Reverse inscription ϹΤΡ ΑϹΚΛΗΠΙΑΔοΥ
Edition στρ(ατηγοῦ) Ἀσκληπιάδου
Translation of the strategos Asklepiades
Reverse design Anakreon seated, right, playing lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.94 g
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: (Löbb)
2 2     Frank L. Kovacs (ex private coll. Marcel Burstein) = Lindgren I, 578A
3 3     Private coll., USA