RPC III, 2197A

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2197A
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Stratonicea
Reign Uncertain
Magistrate Titus Flavius Diomedes
Obverse inscription ϹΤΡΑΤΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ
Edition Στρατονικέων Στρατονικέων
Translation of the Stratoniceans
Obverse design radiate Zeus Panamaros on horseback, right, holding patera, carrying transverse sceptre over shoulder
Reverse inscription ΨΗΦΙϹΑΜΕΝΟΥ ΦΛΑΥΒΙΟΥ ΔΙΟΜΗΔΟΥϹ
Edition ψηφισαμένου Φλαουΐου Διομήδους ψηφισαμένου Φλαουΐου Διομήδους
Translation of Flavius Diomedes, who has voted
Reverse design Hecate riding on lion, left, veil flying around her head; radiate lion's head, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.15 g
Axis 2, 12
Reference Lemercier, Stratonicea 156-7, no. SP/12, no. BMC 42–3, Cop 499
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)
Note For the reading of the rev. legend, see BMC, p. lxxiii. For the goddess, see GM, pp. 151-2. For Titus Flavius Diomedes see city introduction. He is known from inscriptions as a priest of the imperial cult in the late first and early second century (see IStratonikeia 171, 185, 183, and https://www.pretres-civiques.org/pretre/flavius-diomedès). It has been suggested that his name appears on at Stratonicea under Marcus Aurelius - see C. Lemercier, Le monnayage provincial romain de Stratonicée en Carie (Ier-IIIe siècles p.C.): étude de numismatique et d’histoire (doctoral thesis, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, 2024) [open access version https://theses.hal.science/tel-04957496v1 dated 19/02/2025], p. 218 - but the coin in question is one of Seleucia and does not mention Diomedes (cf. https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/459588), so the early second century seems the most plausible date.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 43
2 2     ✸ L: 1884,0610.16, BMC 42, pl. XXIV.4 GM 675, no. 450, pl. X.12
3 3     P: 941
4 4     Cop: 499
5 5     O
6 6     V-ON Leypold I, 843
7 7     Lindgren I, 667
8 8     vA 2660