RPC I, 1429

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 1429
Province Achaea
Region Thessaly
City Koinon of Thessaly
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Caesar)
Magistrate Megalokles Arist (strategos)
Issue Augustus and Tiberius Caesar (?)
Obverse inscription ΤΙΒΕΡΙ[ ] ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΩ
Obverse design bare head of Tiberius (Caesar?), r.
Reverse inscription ΘΕΣΣΑΛΩ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ
Reverse design bust of ?, r.
Metal Æ
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 8.31 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Rogers 68 ('Augustus'); Burrer Em 2, p. 121, 107–8 (series 3)
Specimens 5
Note Rodgers identified the bust on the rev. as Apollo; it may, however, be Livia.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Museum Bibliography
1     NY Burrer 108.1
2     NY: under Thessalonica Burrer 108.2
3     Tübingen SNG 1268 = Burrer 108.3
4     CNG EA 377, 29 June 2016, lot 206 = BCD coll. = Burrer 107.5
5     ✸ NAC Spring Sale 2020, 25 May 2020, lot 852 (ex Nomos 4, 2011, BCD coll., lot 1399)