RPC I, 1549

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1549
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Pella
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Magistrate Nonius Sulpicius (duovir quinquennalis)
Dating c. 26 BC (?)
Obverse inscription CAESAR FLARVNT N S IIVIR QVIN
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription COLONIAE PELLENSIS, SPES (in exergue)
Reverse design Spes veiled standing facing, head left, holding ears of grain
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
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

Number Number 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)