RPC I, 1511

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1511
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Cassandrea
Reign Roman Republic
Magistrate Quintus Hortensius (proconsul)
Obverse inscription HAMMO[?N]
Edition Hammo[n]
Translation Hammon
Obverse design head of Ammon, right
Reverse inscription HORT COL D
Edition Hort(ensius) col(oniam) d(eduxit)
Translation Hortensius founded the colony
Reverse design two ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 5.34 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference AMNG 2, FITA 272
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B GM 92, 173 = FITA, pl. VIII.21
2 2     A JIAN 1907, 256, no. 14 'Parium, Mysia'
3 3     P: 1052 Incerta Africae = Pellerin, Rec. III, pl. CXVI.2
4 4 –5     Hortensius p. 219, 1–5
6 6     RBW = ex PV coll.
7 7     Yale ex PRF
8 8     ✸ Lanz 162, 6 June 2016, lot 64 = CNG 108, 16 May 2018, lot 444
9 9     Nomos Obolos WA 10, 30 June 2018, lot 267
10 10     CNG EA 565, 3 July 2024, lot 356