RPC I, 1557

 

Image of specimen #28

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1557
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Issue Bare-headed portrait
Obverse inscription ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός
Translation Caesar Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝ(Ε)ΙΚΕΩΝ
Edition Θεσσαλονεικέων Θεσσαλονεικέων
Translation of the Thessalonians
Reverse design in two lines within wreath
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.97 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Touratsoglou, Augustus 57–77/93-118 (c. 27 BC and later)
Specimens 28 (26 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1958,0304.97 (ex Lockett) Touratsoglou 72/111
2 2     L BMC 70 = Touratsoglou 75/114
3 3 –24     L see Touratsoglou
25 25     O: HCR128110 Touratsoglou 59/98
26 26     O: HCR128109 Touratsoglou 64/103
27 27     Turin: Fabretti 2389
28 28     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 216, 15 Oct. 2013, lot 2711 (ex Gorny and Mosch 212, 5 Mar. 2013, lot 2385)