RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 86248)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 86248)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Aeolis
City Cyme
Reign Uncertain
Obverse inscription ΙΕΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ
Edition Ἱερὰ Σύνκλητος
Translation Sacred Senate
Obverse design veiled and draped bust of the Senate, right
Reverse inscription ΚΥΜΑΙΩΝ ΕΡΜΟϹ
Edition Κυμαίων Ἕρμος
Translation of the Cymeans, Hermos
Reverse design river god Hermos reclining left, holding reed and resting on water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 5.68 g
Reference Puglisi —
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note Dated by vA to the  "middle of 3rd century". The style of the representation of the river Hermos is quite similar to coins in RPC VII (285.1: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/16728 and 285.2: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/16729), but iIts weight (5.68 g) is lighter than coins of that denomination for VII.1 (6.68 g), indicating that it was issued after Gordian III. The weight is similar to the standard used for the Senate coins signed by Elpidephoros (5.85g), so the coins has very tentatively been assigned to the period of RPC X.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     P: AA.GR.506
— —     ✸ Savoca London 1st Blue, 23 Mar. 2019, lot 656
— —     SNG vA 7700