RPC I, 1429B

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 1429B
Province Achaea
Region Thessaly
City Koinon of Thessaly
Reign Augustus
Magistrate Megalokles, son of Kalitimidas
Obverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΩ
Edition Σεβαστή(ων) Θεσσαλῶ(ν)
Translation of the Augustan Thessalians
Obverse design helmeted head of Athena, right
Reverse inscription ΜΕΓΑΛΟΚΛ ΚΑΛΙΤ
Edition Μεγαλοκλ(ῆς) Καλιτ(ιμίδου)
Translation Megalokles, son of Kalitimidas
Reverse design Artemis with torches, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 3.94 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Burrer Em 2, p. 122, 112–3 (series 5)
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note According to R. Rönnlund, the deity on the reverse might be Ennodia.
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     CNG EA 383, 28 Sept. 2016, lot 380 = BCD coll.= Burrer 113.2
2 2     ✸ NAC Spring Sale 2020, 25 May 2020, lot 853 (ex Nomos 4, 2011, BCD coll., lot 1400)
3 3     C. Jackson-Jacobs coll. (ex CNG EA 325, 23 April 2014, lot 20, ex BCD coll.)