RPC I, 1549

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 1549
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Pella
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Magistrate Nonius (duovir quinquennalis) ; Sulpicius (duovir quinquennalis)
Dating c. 26 BC (?)
Obverse inscription CAESAR FLARVNT N S IIVIR QVIN
Edition Caesar flarunt N(onius) S(ulpicius) IIvir(i) quin(quennales)
Translation Caesar; Nonius (and) Sulpicius, quinquennial duovirs, cast (this)
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription COLONIAE PELLENSIS, SPES (in exergue)
Edition Coloniae Pellensis Spes
Translation Hope of the colony of Pella
Reverse design Spes veiled standing facing, head left, holding ears of grain
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 7.00 g
Axis 12
Reference AMNG II, 97, no. 20
Specimens 13 (7 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1920,0805.1237
2 2     B: 18270361, 508/1872
3 3     ✸ B: 18270364, 1867/28780
4 4     V: GR 33207
5 5     Cop SNG 276
6 6     O AMC 1097
7 7     NY: 1944.100.10607 SNG 625
8 8     Bern
9 9     JSW
10 10     SNG Evelpidis 1214
11 11     P. Villemur coll. = CNG MBS 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1192 (ex Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 436)
12 12     CGT coll. = Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 1996
13 13     CNG EA 557, 6 Mar. 2024, lot 226 (ex CNG EA 415, 28 Feb. 2018, lot 372)