RPC VI, 5497 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5497 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Laodicea ad Lycum
Reign Uncertain
Issue Synedrion
Dating Caracalla–Elagabalus
Obverse inscription ϹΥΝΕΔΡΙΟΥ ΝΕΩΝ
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of the Synedrion of the Neoi, left, holding two rods
Reverse inscription ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΑΩΚΟΡΩΝ (sic) (or ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ)
Reverse design winged Eros reclining, left, resting on a rock next to his bow and holding an arrow(?); to left, torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Martin 215,33
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1840,1225.201 BMC 132 = KM 274, 53
2 2     L: 1874,0716.182 BMC 131 = Martin 215, 33b.5
3 3     L: 1903,0404.77 BMC 130 = Martin 215, 33b.3 = KM 274, 52
4 4     C: Lewis SNG 1610 = Martin 215, 33b.2
5 5     Winterthur: 4172 Martin 215, 33b.4 = KM 274, 54
6 6     Jarman Coll. = Martin 215, 33b.1 = Gorny & Mosch 126, 14 Oct. 2003, lot 1849
7 7     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 39, 26 Aug. 2017, lot 319
8 8     CNG EA 361, 14 Oct. 2015, lot 814
9 9     F. Jarman Coll.
10 10     Leu WA 28, 9–14 Dec. 2023, lot 2310