RPC I, 2007

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2007
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Apamea
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Julius Caesar (Divus)
Person (rev.) Augustus
Magistrate Gaius Cassius (duovir)
Dating 27 BC
Obverse inscription DIVOS IVLIVS [ ] C CASSIVS C F IIVIR C I C F C
Edition divos Iulius [---] C(aius) Cassius C(aii) f(ilius) IIvir c(oloniae) I(uliae) C(oncordiae) f(aciendum) c(uravit)
Translation the divine Julius [---], Gaius Cassius, son of Gaius, duovir of the colony Julia Concordia, oversaw (this) being done
Obverse design diademed head of Caesar, right
Reverse inscription AVGVSTVS DIVI F COS VII IMP C DI F S C C RVF
Edition Augustus divi f(ilius) Co(n)s(ule) VII imp(eratore) C(aesare) di(vi) f(ilio) s(enatus) c(onsulto) c(oloniam) RVF
Translation Augustus, son of a god, consul for the seventh time the emperor Caesar, son of a god, by decree of the senate, the colony RVF
Reverse design laureate head of Augustus, right; under his neck, ears of corn
Metal bronze
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.85 g
Axis 10, 12
Reference Rec 80 corr. (Sinope), FITA 255 (1)
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die.
Note The new specimen 5 gives the exact and complete reading of the reverse legend.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 762 Wa 197 = FITA, pl. VIII, 15
2 2     P: 763
3 3     L: G 1260
4 4     B: I-B MG 231, no. 15: Sinope
5 5     P: 2013/489 CNG EA 310, 4 Sept. 2013, lot 217
6 6     Naumann 81, 1 Sept. 2019, lot 267
7 7     ✸ Naumann 53, 7 May 2017, lot 410 = Roma E-Sale 52, 10 Jan. 2019, lot 495
8 8     Freiburg: 14040
9 9     Leu EA 25, 11 March 2023, lot 1518
10 10     Josef Neuner coll.