RPC I, 2215

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2215
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 garlanded altar with two hinds
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.64 g
Axis 1, 6, 11, 12
Reference Sutherland group V–VIγ, RIC 479, 482
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).aug.479
http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).aug.482
Specimens 127 (8 in the core collections)
Note Fineness: 88.5% (Walker, Metrology I, 365–80). 123 coins, 72.5 obv. dies. Three dies shared with 2213 (capricorn); six other dies shared with 2214 (ears of corn). Countermark: IMP VES AVG (GIC 840: Sutherland, no. 389a).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 694
2 2     L BMC 695
3 3     B: 18216232
4 4     ✸ B: 18213483
5 5     V: GR 39105
6 6     V: GR 16028
7 7     V: GR 16027
8 8     V: GR 16026
9 9 –123     see Sutherland
124 124     Boston: 63.69
125 125     CNG 424, 12 Dec. 2018, lot 216
126 126     H. D. Rauch 31, 11 Sep. 2019, lot 133
127 127     Brisbane