RPC IX, 1436

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1436
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Mallus
Reign Trajan Decius
Obverse inscription SACRA SINATVS
Obverse design veiled and draped bust of the Senate (as a female), right
Reverse inscription MALLO COLONIA
Reverse design turreted and veiled Fortuna seated on rocks, left, holding ear of corn; on each side, Roman vexillum inscribed S and C; at her feet, two river gods (Pyramos) swimming in different directions; all inside a wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Levante 1286
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 1437/1–20. 1–4: same rev. die as 1437/16–18.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     CNG EA 213, 1 July 2009, lot 306
2 2     ✸ SNG Levante 1286 = CNG Triton VII, 12 Jan. 2004, lot 777
3 3     SNG Levante 1287 = CNG EA 90, 26 May 2004, lot 229
4 4     Ziegler 922 (921 on pl. 48)