RPC II, 954

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 954
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lydia
City Apollonis
Reign Uncertain
Dating Late first or early second century AD
Obverse inscription ΘΕΟΝ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟΝ
Obverse design draped bust of Senate, right
Reverse inscription ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔΕΩΝ
Reverse design Dionysus standing, left, with cantharus and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 12
Reference BMC 8
Specimens 14 (2 in the core collections)
Note Not a complete listing; the direction of legends may perhaps suggest an early Flavian date.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 8
2 2     Istanbul
3 3     Troy find, see Bellinger, p. 169, no. 192
4 4     A: 1891/92 ΛΓ’ 21,
5 5     Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 771
6 6     Jacquier 37, 7 Sept. 2012, lot 148
7 7     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 37, 1 Nov. 2015, lot 477
8 8     ✸ Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 41, 6 Mar. 2016, lot 507
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     O: New College
12 12     Nomos obolos 20, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 348
13 13     Savoca 6th Blue, 7 April 2018, lot 592
14 14     CGT coll. = N&N London Green Auction XII, 10 July 2023, lot 580