RPC I, 2231

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2231
Province Asia
Region Uncertain
City Uncertain Asian mint of CA coinage
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Issue Class 1
Dating about 27 BC
Obverse inscription CAISAR
Edition Caisar
Translation Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription AVGVSTVS
Edition Augustus
Translation Augustus
Reverse design inscription in two lines in laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 11.54 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference BMC 730, AMC 713, RIC 485, Howgego 1e: as
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).aug.485
Specimens 15 (10 in the core collections)
Note O = AMC 717 (Howgego, pl. 2.2) has CAESAR, and is either some sort of imitation or intermediate between 2231 and 2235 (Howgego 1e/2c).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 963
2 2     L BMC 730
3 3     G 293
4 4     G 294
5 5     O AMC 713
6 6     O AMC 714
7 7     O AMC 715
8 8     NY
9 9     NY
10 10     B: 18213808
11 11     ✸ Künker 295, 25 Sept. 2017, lot 655
12 12     H.I. coll.
13 13     Münzen & Medaillen 34, 26 May 2011, lot 238
14 14     Sol Numismatik XVIII, 23 Sept. 2023, lot 216
15 15     Brisbane: N# 307