RPC IX, 800

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 800
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Lydia
City Tripolis
Reign Uncertain
Obverse inscription ΙΕΡΑ ΒΟΥΛΗ
Edition Ἱερὰ Βουλή
Translation Sacred Council
Obverse design laureate, veiled and draped bust of the Boule, right
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Τριπολειτῶν
Translation of the Tripolitans
Reverse design Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 4.60 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 41
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 3–6: same obv. die as 800A/1–2.
Note Coins 1 (SNG Cop 731) and 2 (V GR 3106) moved to volume VI. Type RPC IX, 799 was also moved to volume VI. All date from the reign of Severus Alexander, as shown by die links not known at the time of publication of volume IX.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 224, 16 Dec. 2009, lot 400
4 4     L: 1885,0606.230 BMC 41
5 5     CGT coll. = Savoca 14 Blue, 28 Dec. 2018, lot 657
6 6     Savoca 5 Blue, 24 Feb. 2018, lot 875