RPC I, 1421

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1421
Province Achaea
Region Thessaly
City Magnesia
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Uncertain
Issue Claudius (?) or Augustus (?)
Obverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition Σεβαστός
Translation Augustus
Obverse design bare head, right
Reverse inscription ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Edition Μαγνήτων
Translation of the Magnetes
Reverse design centaur carrying palm branch, right; below, dolphin or thunderbolt
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 3.56 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference Rogers 359 and 362
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1933,0214.596 ex Rogers
2 2     L: 1934,0706.5
3 3     L: 1924,1016.45 ex Wace
4 4     B: Fox
5 5     NY: 1944.100.17289 Rogers 362
6 6     A JHS 1906, fig. 12.3
7 7     Evelpidis 1583
8 8     ✸ CNG EA 276, 21 Mar. 2012, lot 289
9 9     CNG 117, 19 May 2021, lot 405, ex BCD Collection (Triton XV, 3 January 2012), lot 426.1
10 10     CNG 117, 19 May 2021, lot 406, ex BCD Collection (Triton XV, 3 January 2012), lot 426.2
11 11     CGT coll.