RPC I, 2214

 

Image of specimen #91

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2214
Province Asia
Region Uncertain
City Cistophoric mint
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Issue Sutherland groups V–VI (Ephesus)
Dating c. 25/20 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 bunch of six ears of corn
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.38 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Sutherland group V–VIβ, RIC 478, 481
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).aug.478
http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).aug.481
Specimens 94 (5 in the core collections)
Note Fineness: 88.5% (Walker, Metrology I, 365–80). 90 coins, 59.5 obv. dies. One die shared with 2213 (capricorn) and 2215 (altar); six other dies shared with 2215 (altar). Countermark: IMP VES AVG (GIC 840: Brussels (SM 1963, 1)).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 697
2 2     B: 18213467
3 3     B: 18213474
4 4     V: GR 16033
5 5     V: GR 16032
6 6 –90     see Sutherland
91 91     ✸ Münzenhandlung Harald Möller 72, 1 Nov. 2018, lot 58
92 92     Freiburg: 00537
93 93     Brisbane
94 94     Bonn: P.14.02