RPC I, 3188

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3188
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Synnada
Region Phrygia
City Synnada
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Magistrate Artemon the tropheus (high priest)
Obverse inscription ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΑ ϹΥΝΝΑΔΙϹ
Edition Κλαύδιον Καίσαρα Συνναδίς
Translation the Synnadeans (honour) Claudius Caesar
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΡΤΕΜΩΝΟϹ ΤΡΟΦΕΩϹ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἀρτέμωνος τροφέως
Translation under Artemon tropheus
Reverse design veiled Demeter standing, left, with torch and two ears of corn
Metal brass
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.73 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 38
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
Note Τροφεύς is a title, not a name: see L. Robert, Hautes Etudes Numismatiques 2. Monnaies Grecques (1967), pp. 66–7. ƐΠΙ in l. field, under Demeter’s r. arm.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2046 Wa 6535
2 2     L BMC 38
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     ✸ NAC 100, 29 May 2017, lot 1299