RPC I, 1339

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1339
Province Achaea
Region Locris
City Locri
Reign Galba
Person (obv.) Galba (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Claudius Serapion
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΓΑΛΒΑϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Γάλβας
Translation Emperor Galba
Obverse design laureate head of Galba, right
Reverse inscription ΟΠΟΥ, ΕΠΙ Μ ΚΛΑΥ ϹΕΡΑΠΙ(ΩΝΟϹ)
Edition Ὀπου(ντίων) ἐπὶ Μ(ᾶρκου) Κλαυ(δίου) Σεραπίωνος
Translation of the Opountians, under Marcus Claudius Serapion
Reverse design male figure, standing left, holding out patera, and drapery
Metal bronze
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 6.97 g
Axis 5
Reference Morineau Humphris / Delbridge, Group 38, pp. 216–7
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Note Friedländer interpreted the rev. as a figure of Hermes

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1910,0801.1
2 2     Cop SNG 80
3 3     B: 28723 Friedländer, Berliner Blätter III (1866), 166
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     NAC 55, 8 Oct. 2010, lot 467.1 (BCD coll.)
6 6     NAC 55, 8 Oct. 2010, lot 154.2 (BCD coll.)
7 7     ✸ NAC 55, 8 Oct. 2010, lot 154.1 (BCD coll.)
8 8     CNG EA 245, 1 Dec. 2010, lot 254