RPC I, 1566

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1566
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition Τι(βέριος) Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός
Translation Tiberius Caesar Augustus
Obverse design head of Tiberius, right
Reverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ
Edition Σεβαστὴ Θεσσαλονικέων
Translation Augustan (city) of the Thessalonians
Reverse design Demeter carrying torches in serpent car, right
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 9.10 g
Axis 12
Reference Touratsoglou, Tiberius 33–7 (c. 22–3 and later)
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
Note The spelling ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΑΙΩΝ is also found (Touratsoglou 33).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 76
2 2 –6     see Touratsoglou
7 7     B: 18208533, Fox Thessalian League
8 8     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 21, 7 Sept. 2014, lot 375
9 9     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 274, 20 Nov. 2020, lot 2548