RPC I, 1293


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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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
Edition	Za(cynthus)
Translation	Zacynthus
Obverse design	head of Neptune, right
Reverse inscription	C SOSIVS COS
Edition	C(aius) Sosius Co(n)s(ul)
Translation	Gaius Sosius, consul
Reverse design	dolphin and trident, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average weight	2.22 g
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.