RPC I, 2233

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 2233
Province Asia
Region Uncertain
City Uncertain Asian mint of CA coinage
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Issue Class 2
Dating c. 25 BC
Obverse inscription AVGVSTVS
Edition Augustus
Translation Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription C A
Edition C(aesar?) A(ugustus?)
Translation Caesar? Augustus?
Reverse design inscription in laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 24.56 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference BMC 713, AMC 696, RIC 501, Howgego 2a: sestertius
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).aug.501
Specimens 29 (24 in the core collections)
Note Countermarks: 'Horseman of Thrace' (GIC 285 = FITA 105, n. 22); ΤΟΝΖΟΥ (GIC 568: Sofia = L casts); AVG (GIC 578). The three countermarks all seem to be Thracian in origin.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 713
2 2     L BMC 714
3 3     L BMC 715
4 4     L BMC 716
5 5     L BMC 717
6 6     L BMC 718
7 7     L BMC 719
8 8     L BMC 720
9 9     L: R10340
10 10     G 286
11 11     P: 956
12 12     P: 957
13 13     P: 958
14 14     O AMC 696
15 15     O AMC 697
16 16     O AMC 698
17 17     O AMC 699
18 18     O AMC 700
19 19     Afyon: 4301
20 20     Afyon: 330 from Dinar
21 21     Afyon: 331 from Afyon
22 22     B: 18213740
23 23     B: 18213746
24 24     B: 18213748
25 25     ✸ B: 18202464
26 26     B: 18202463
27 27     NY: 1944.100.39189
28 28     Münster: M 1480
29 29     The Coin Cabinet Kallista 1, 3 Oct. 2024, lot 174 (ex NAC 29, 11 May 2005, lot 433)