RPC I, 1829


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	I
Number	1829
Province	Moesia
Region	Moesia
City	Tomis
Reign	Tiberius
Person (obv.)	Tiberius (Augustus)
Magistrate	Dionysios
Obverse inscription	ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟ[ ]ΚΑΙϹΑΡΟϹ
Edition	Τιβερίο[---] Καίσαρος
Translation	Tiberius [---] Caesar
Obverse design	laureate head, right
Reverse inscription	ΤΟΜΙ, ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥ
Edition	Τομι(τῶν) Διονυσίου
Translation	of the Tomitans, of Dionysios
Reverse design	in wreath
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	19 mm
Average weight	3.62 g
Reference	AMNG 2582, Mouchmov 1794
Specimens	6 (1 in the core collections)
Note	Coin 5 reads ΤIΒΕΡIΟ[ ] on obv., confirming Grant’s attribution to Tiberius. These are therefore the earliest definite coins of Tomi with an imperial portrait
Correction	Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Note	More
1	1 ✸	C: 135/1948				ex Grant, 'Tiberius, but illegible'= FITA 353 n. 10: 'imperial portrait series begins with Tiberius (Sofia, own coll.)	Show
2	2		see AMNG			hesitant attribution to Claudius	Show
3	3		see AMNG			hesitant attribution to Claudius	Show
4	4		see AMNG			hesitant attribution to Claudius	Show
5	5		Lanz 86, 18 May 1998, lot 384	19	2.66		Show
6	6		Righetti		4.57	reading [ ] ΚΑICΑΡΟC / ΤΟ[ΜI], ΔI[ΟΝY]ΣIΟY	Show