RPC I, 2097

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2097
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Uncertain mint of Bithynia
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus ; Livia (Augusta)
Magistrate Marcus Granius Marcellus (proconsul)
Obverse inscription IMP·CAESAR·AVGVSTVS·PONTIF·MAX·TR·P
Edition Imp(erator) Caesar Augustus Pontif(ex) Max(imus) Tr(ibunicia) P(otestate)
Translation Emperor Caesar Augustus, chief priest, with tribunician power
Obverse design jugate busts of Augustus and Livia, left
Reverse inscription M·GRANIVS·MARCELLVS·PR(O)·COS
Edition M(arcus) Granius Marcellus Pro Co(n)s(ul)
Translation Marcus Granius Marcellus proconsul
Reverse design Livia seated, right, holding a double cornucopia on her lap
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 15.08 g
Axis 7, 12
Reference Rec 38, FITA 145–6
Specimens 12 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 215 FITA, pl. IV. 34: rev.
2 2     P: 215a
3 3     C McClean 3028 (incerta Sicily) = FITA, pl. IV.33: obv.
4 4     Niggeler II, 589
5 5     Waddell 1 (1982), lot 86 = Gorny & Mosch 104, 9–10 Oct. 2000, lot 661
6 6     CNG 93, 22 May 2013, lot 780
7 7     ✸ NAC 72, 16 May 2013, lot 1428
8 8     Perpignan
9 9     Naumann 83, 3 Nov. 2019, lot 423
10 10     NSB Web Auction 11, 19 Feb. 2022, lot 173
11 11     CNG EA 546, 13 Sept. 2023, lot 215 (ex Bucephalus Numismatic 15, 10 - 11 Feb. 2023, lot 793)
12 12     Kybele Numismatics 3, 24 Apr. 2024, lot 682 (ex Numismad 12, 5–6 Jan. 2024, lot 468) = Aphrodite Auction G1, 28 July 2024, lot 334