RPC I, 3736

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3736
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Olba
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Marcus Antonius Polemon (high priest)
Magistrate Marcus Antonius Neon
Issue Year 10
Obverse inscription ΜΑΡΚ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΥ ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝΟΣ ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΩΣ
Edition Μάρκ(ου) Ἀντωνίου Πολέμωνος Ἀρχιερέως
Translation of Marcus Antonius Polemon, High Priest
Obverse design head of Polemo, right
Reverse inscription ΔΥΝΑΣΤΟΥ ΟΛΒΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΚΕΝΝΑΤΩ ΚΑΙ ΛΑΛΑΣΣΕΩ Ε Ι ΕΠΙ ΝΕΩΝΟ
Edition δυνάστου Ὀλβέων τῆς ἱερᾶς καὶ Κεννατῶ(ν) καὶ Λαλασσέω(ν) ἔ(τους) ιʹ ἐπὶ Νέωνο(ς)
Translation dynast, of the Olbeans, of the sacred (city), and of the Cennatae and Lalasseis, of year 10, under Neon
Reverse design thunderbolt
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 11.76 g
Axis 3, 9
Reference Staffieri 30
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 3: same obv. die as 3737/1–2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 18
2 2     ✸ Levante 640 = CNG MBS 67, 22 Sept. 2004, lot 1117
3 3     SNG vA 5791
4 4     P: 830
5 5     Leeds-UL: 972
6 6     CNG EA 460, 29 Jan. 2020, lot 411
7 7     CGT coll. = Demos 6, 5 Dec. 2021, lot 582
8 8     Boston: 63.2957