RPC I, 1438B


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
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Volume	I
Number	1438B
Province	Achaea
Region	Thessaly
City	Koinon of Thessaly
Reign	Claudius
Obverse inscription	ΛΥΚΟΥ
Obverse design	laureate head of Apollo, right
Reverse inscription	ΘΕΣΣΑΛΩΝ
Reverse design	wolf, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	17 mm
Axis	12
Reference	Burrer —
Specimens	5 (0 in the core collections)
Note	The reverse is clearly a type parlant. The coins might represent an assarion; a date in Claudius’s reign is suggested by the form of the N (see Burrer p. 85).
Addition	Additional coin-type (post publication)

Number	Number	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	BCD	18	9.46		Show
2	2	BCD		5.20		Show
3	3 ✸	BCD = Triton XV, 3 Jan. 2012, lot 930 (part of)	16	4.93	12	Show
4	4	BCD		4.19		Show
5	5	BCD		3.93		Show