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Image of specimen #3 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1431B json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | I |
Number | 1431B |
Province | Achaea |
Region | Thessaly |
City | Koinon of Thessaly |
Reign | Tiberius |
Magistrate | Lykoutas (strategos) |
Obverse inscription | ΘΕΣΣΑΛΩΝ |
Edition | Θεσσαλῶν |
Translation | of the Thessalians |
Obverse design | helmeted head of Athena, right |
Reverse inscription | ΛΥΚΟΥΤΟΥ |
Edition | Λυκούτου |
Translation | of Lykoutas |
Reverse design | Athena standing left, with Nike, spear and shield; in left field, monogram |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 18 mm |
Average weight | 4.39 g |
Axis | 1 |
Reference | Burrer — |
Specimens | 5 (1 in the core collections) |
Note | Burrer (p. 49 and n. 142) knew three coins of this series, which he dated to the first century (?), but they were too worn to be identified precisely. The new specimen (1431B/1) is clear and allows an attribution to the strategos Lykoutos under Tiberius, as a new denomination. |
Addition | Additional coin-type (post publication) |