RPC IX, 749

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 749
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Blaundus
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Magistrate Aurelius Papias, son of Hermo— (strategos and first archon)
Obverse inscription ΔΗΜΟϹ ΒΛΑΥΝΔΕΩΝ
Edition Δῆμος Βλαυνδέων
Translation People of the Blaundeans
Obverse design laureate head of the Demos (youthful), right
Reverse inscription ϹΤΡ ΑΥ ΠΑΠΙΑ ΕΡ ΙΠΠΟΥΡΙΟϹ
Edition στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αὐ(ρηλίου) Παπία Ἑρ(—) Ἱππούριος
Translation of strategos Aurelius Papias, son of Her—, Hippourios
Reverse design river god (Hippourios) reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia, resting on water urn; behind the water urn, fish swimming downwards
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 6.86 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference BMC 51
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4, 6, 8: same pair of dies. 5, 7: same pair of dies. 5, 7: same obv. die as 733/1–8. 1–8: same rev. die as 748/1–4, 750/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1853,0512.108 BMC 51
2 2     ✸ P: 165 Wa 4913
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     Mu SNG 83
5 5     Harvard: 1983.56.55
6 6     HI coll.
7 7     M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 724 (Righetti)
8 8     CGT coll. = Naumann 52, lot 970 = ex Plankenhorn coll.