RPC I, 1293

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1293
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
City Zacynthus
Reign Roman Republic
Magistrate Gaius Sosius (quaestor, imperator, and consul)
Issue C Sosius Cos
Dating 32 BC
Obverse inscription ZA
Obverse design head of Neptune, right
Reverse inscription C SOSIVS COS
Reverse design dolphin and trident, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Reference Bahrfeldt, JIAN 1908, 218, no. 4, Sydenham, CRR 1274
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Note A rather larger specimen (19 mm, 5.10) in private coll. I (ex Künker 27, 1994, lot 527) is probably a forgery.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1909,0804.2
2 2     L: 1920,0805.1310
3 3     O
4 4     Rome SPQR Medagliere Comunale
5 5     Corinth: 88-196