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 ΤΙΒΕΡΙΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΩ
Edition Τιβέρι<ο>ς Σεβαστήω(ν)
Translation Tiberius, of the Augustans
Obverse design bare head of Tiberius (Caesar?), right
Reverse inscription ΘΕΣΣΑΛΩ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ
Edition Θεσσαλῶ(ν) Μεγαλοκλέους
Translation of the Thessalians, of Megalokles
Reverse design bust of ?, right
Metal copper-based alloy
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 (2 in the core collections)
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 Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY Burrer 108.1
2 2     NY: under Thessalonica Burrer 108.2
3 3     Tübingen SNG 1268 = Burrer 108.3
4 4     CNG EA 377, 29 June 2016, lot 206 = BCD coll. = Burrer 107.5
5 5     ✸ NAC Spring Sale 2020, 25 May 2020, lot 852= Nomos 4, 2011, BCD coll., lot 1399