RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 5153)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 5153)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Antioch ad Maeandrum
Reign Uncertain
Issue Maximinus, Gordian III and/or Philip
Obverse inscription ΙΕΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ
Edition Ἱερὰ Σύνκλητος
Translation Sacred Senate
Obverse design draped bust of the Senate (youthful), right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ
Edition Ἀντιοχέων
Translation of the Antiochians
Reverse design temple with four columns and rounded pediment enclosing statue of Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 5.82 g
Axis 1, 5, 6
Specimens 10 (7 in the core collections)
Note Two obverse dies of different style are used here. They don't share any reverse die, which seems to indicate two different issues over time.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    P: 124
    P: 125C Wa 2164
    B: 18273154, Löbb.
    B: 18273155, Knobelsdorff
    Mu SNG 74
    O
    O
    Bucephalus Numismatic Black 23, 11 Aug. 2023, lot 139
    CGT coll.
    ✸ Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 23, 5 Oct. 2014, lot 594