RPC I, 2445

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2445
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Phocaea
Reign Nero
Person (obv.) Agrippina II
Magistrate Demosthenes, son of Hegias, philopatris
Obverse inscription ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑΝ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗΝ
Obverse design draped bust of Agrippina II, right
Reverse inscription ΦΩ, ΔΗΜΟϹΘΕΝΗϹ ΗΓΙΟΥ
Reverse design figure wearing kalathos, left, with round object in outstretched hand and circular object on shoulder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note Cybele holding a drum on her shoulder? Cf. https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/28244

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1988/118 MMAG Liste 388 (1977) no. 37 = MünzZentrum 64 (1988) lot 95
2 2     Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 43, 1 May 2016, lot 666
3 3     Naumann 97, Plankenhorn coll., 6 Dec. 2020, lot 1269
4 4     CGT coll. = Savoca 97th Silver, 14 March 2021, lot 267
5 5     ✸ Hirsch 371, 9 Feb. 2022, lot 1225