RPC I, 1551A

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1551A
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Roman Republic
Issue Antony and Octavian, year (?) 5
Dating 37 BC
Obverse inscription ΑΓΝΩΘΕΣΙΑ
Edition Ἀγνωθεσία
Translation Agonothesia
Obverse design head of Eleutheria, right;
Reverse inscription [Μ ΑΝΤ ΑΥΤ] Γ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Γ(άϊος) Καῖ(σαρ) Αὐτ(οκράτωρ)
Translation Marcus Antonius Imperator, Gaius Caesar Imperator
Reverse design Nike advancing, left, with wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 26.42 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note A hybrid with the obv. of 1552 and a rev. of 1551. The diameter and weight are right for 1551.
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG 51, 15 Sept. 1999, lot 825
2 2     CNG EA 529, 14 Dec. 2022, lot 452