RPC I, 1559

 

Image of specimen #54

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1559
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Issue Bare-headed portrait
Obverse inscription ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός
Translation Caesar Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων
Translation of the Thessalonicans
Reverse design in three lines below star; within wreath
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 4.83 g
Axis 9, 12
Reference Touratsoglou, Augustus 91–125 (c. 17 BC)
Specimens 56 (3 in the core collections)
Note Qualitative metal analysis on: BMC 71.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1298
2 2     L BMC 72
3 3     L: 1905,0605.5
4 4 –51     see Touratsoglou
52 52     Turin: Fabretti 2388
53 53     JPR 6303
54 54     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 216, 15 Oct. 2013, lot 2712
55 55     CGT coll.
56 56     CGT coll.