RPC II, 1608B

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1608B
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Lycaonia
City Iconium
Reign Vespasian
Issue Greek issues
Obverse inscription
Obverse design winged head of Medusa facing
Reverse inscription ΚΛΑΥΔΕΙΚΟΝΙΕΩΝ
Edition Κλαυδεικονίεων
Translation of the Claudians of Iconium
Reverse design Cybele seated left, holding patera in her right hand, her left arm resting on tympanum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 2.68 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference SNG vA 252 corr.
Specimens 11 (1 in the core collections)
Note 1608B and C were omitted from RPC I, II or III. They probably belong to the Flavian period, as the reverse type of 1608B matches RPC II, 1607.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B
2 2     Hirsch 272, 4 May 2011, lot 360
3 3     Gorny & Mosch 225, 14 Oct. 2014, lot 1865
4 4     Pecunem Gitbud and Naumann 29, 1 Mar. 2015, lot 331
5 5     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2303 = ETB coll.
6 6     Savoca 22th online auction, 29 Apr. 2018, lot 323
7 7     ✸ Leu 2, 11 May 2018, lot 196
8 8     CGT
9 9     FH Coll. (ex Savoca 125th Blue, lot 292)
10 10     Leu EA 24, 3 Dec. 2022, lot 2249
11 11     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Naumann 131, 6 Aug. 2023, lot 489)