RPC IV.2, 1364 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1364 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Priene
Reign Uncertain
Issue 'Pseudo-autonomous': Antonine or early third century AD
Dating c. 138–218
Obverse inscription ΒΙΑϹ
Obverse design draped bust of Bias (bearded), right
Reverse inscription ΠΡΙΗΝΕΩΝ
Reverse design Mên standing, facing, head, left, wearing Phrygian cap, holding pine cone and long sceptre; behind his shoulders, crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Axis 12
Reference Regling, Priene 184, KM 94, no. 5
Specimens 8 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: found at Priene Regling, Priene 184, pl. IV. (obv.)
2 2     B: found at Priene Regling, Priene 184, pl. IV (rev.)
3 3     V: GR 38570 (ex B (Fox))
5 5     B: found at Priene
6 6     B: found at Priene
7 7     B: preserved only as fragment, found at Priene
8 8     ✸ B: B-I KM 94, no. 5, pl. III.22 = Schefold, Bildnisse, pp. 172–3, no. 7 (obv.) and p. 219
9 9     PK Coll. = Savoca Numismatik Blue 98 (27/03/2021), 712