RPC VI, 5678 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5678 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Sebaste
Reign Uncertain
Issue Boule
Dating Elagabalus–Severus Alexander
Obverse inscription ΙΕΡΑ ΒΟΥΛΗ
Obverse design veiled and draped bust of Boule, right
Reverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design Ganymede standing nude facing, head left, wearing Phrygian cap, holding syrinx and pedum, clutched from behind his shoulders by eagle with spread wings
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference Martin 228,3
Specimens 10 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1874,0716.213 BMC 19 = Martin 228, 3.5; BMC 19
2 2     P: 1911 Wa 6472 = Martin 228, 3.1
3 3     B: I-B1900 Martin 228, 3.7 = KM 288, 9
4 4     B: L1906 Martin 228, 3.8
5 5     C: Lewis SNG 1594 = Martin 228, 3.6
6 6     Cop: 677 Martin 228, 3.4
7 7     Mu: 2a. Acc.74924 SNG 449 = Martin 228, 3.3
8 8     Martin 228, 3.0 = Kroha 72, Apr. 2000, 236
9 9     Martin 228, 3.2 = Aufhäuser 6, Oct. 1989, 184
10 10     Kinney Coll., ex Savoca Coins Blue 165th Blue, 27–28 May 2023, lot 885