RPC I, 2211

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2211
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
Reverse inscription AVGVSTVS
Edition Augustus
Translation Augustus
Reverse design capricorn, right, with cornucopia; all in laurel wreath
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.66 g
Axis 12
Reference Sutherland group IVβ, RIC 493
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).aug.493
Specimens 21 (0 in the core collections)
Note Fineness: 88.5% (Walker, Metrology I, 365–80). 15 coins, 3.3 obv. dies. One obv. die shared with 2210 (sphinx) and 2212 (ears of corn).

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG Triton I, 2 Dec. 1997, lot 1276 (ex Glendining's, 3 Dec. 1929, lot 1; Sotheby's , 7 March 1996, lot 146) = Sutherland 128 = CNG Triton XIX, 5 Jan. 2016, lot 478 = Roma Numismatics XX, 29 Oct. 2020, lot 502
2 2 –15     see Sutherland
16 16     vA 6568
17 17     H.I. coll.
18 18     Künker 67, 9 Oct. 2001, lot 631
19 19     CNG EA 201, 17 Dec. 2008, lot 340
20 20     NAC 59, 4 Apr. 2011, lot 872 (ex NAC-Spink Taisei 16 November 1994, Gil Steinberg, lot 140 and Triton XI, Prideaux coll., 2008, lot 678)
21 21     CNG Triton XXVI, 10 Jan. 2023, lot 541