RPC I, 2986

 

Image of specimen #23

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2986
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Magistrate Diodoros, son of Hermophilos
Obverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΔΙΟΔΩΡΟΣ ΕΡΜΟΦΙΛΟΥ
Reverse design Zeus standing, left, with eagle and staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 97, AMC 1362, Cop 514
Specimens 27 (12 in the core collections)
Note The reading -ΟΥ rather than -ΟΣ is clear, e.g., on 14.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1970.142.534
2 2     L BMC 97
3 3     O AMC 1362
4 4     Cop SNG 514
5 5     P: 1184 Wa 5229
6 6     P: 1185 Wa 5230
7 7     P: 1183
8 8     P: 1185a
9 9     B: I-B
10 10     B: 457/1882
11 11     C: Leake
12 12     Mu: 40
13 13     vA 3142
14 14     Wendt XXI (1978) lot 586
15 15     Lanz 16 (1979) lot 306
16 16     Lindgren A812B
17 17 –20     Sardis excavations 269
21 21     Waddell 9.12.1982, lot 296
22 22     Peus 410–411, 31 Oct. 2013, lot 689
23 23     ✸ Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 14, 2 Mar. 2014, lot 484
24 24     Rauch 95, 30 Sept. 2014, lot 229
25 25     Ödemiş SNG 412
26 26     Ödemiş SNG 413
27 27     J. Clark coll.