RPC I, 2212

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2212
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
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription AVGVSTVS
Reverse design bunch of six ears of corn
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Sutherland group IVγ, RIC 494
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).aug.494
Specimens 23 (5 in the core collections)
Note Fineness: 88.5% (Walker, Metrology I, 365–80). 22 coins, 8.83 obv. dies. One die shared with 2210 (sphinx) and 2211 (capricorn); a second die shared with 2210 (sphinx).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 699
2 2     ✸ B: 18213465
3 3     B: 18213459
4 4     V: GR 16031
5 5     V: GR 16030
6 6 –22     see Sutherland
23 23     Boston: 58.517