RPC I, 2209

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2209
Province Asia
Region Uncertain
City Cistophoric mint
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Issue Sutherland group III–IV (Pergamum?)
Dating 27/26 BC
Obverse inscription IMP·CAESAR
Edition Imp(erator) Caesar
Translation Emperor Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right; before, lituus
Reverse inscription AVGVSTVS
Edition Augustus
Translation Augustus
Reverse design bunch of six ears of corn
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 11.34 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Sutherland group IIIγ, nos 106–15, RIC 490
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).aug.490
Specimens 14 (2 in the core collections)
Note Fineness: 88.5% (Walker, Metrology I, 365–80). 10 coins, 2.83 obv. dies. One die shared with 2207 (sphinx) and 2208 (capricorn); a second die shared with 2208 (capricorn). Countermark: IMP VES AVG (GIC 840: Sutherland, no. 107a ?and 110a).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     vA 6567 = Sutherland 113
2 2     V: GR 16029
3 3 –5     see Sutherland
6 6     B: 18213455 Sutherland 110
7 7 –10     see Sutherland
11 11     ✸ Nomos 19, 17 Nov. 2019, lot 249 (ex Hess Divo 309, 28 Apr. 2008, lot 102; The New York Sale XX, 7 Jan. 2009, lot 389; Gorny and Mosch 180, 12 Oct. 2009, lot 274; NAC 72, 16 May 2013, lot 560)
12 12     Bochum: M 2438
13 13     Boston: 68.614
14 14     CNG 169, 25 July 2007, lot 197