RPC I, 2235

 

Image of specimen #31

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2235
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 CAESAR
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription AVGVSTVS
Reverse design inscription one line in laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference BMC 731, AMC 710, RIC 486 (part), Howgego 2c: as
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).aug.486
Specimens 61 (30 in the core collections)
Note For halved pieces, see Sardis excavations (T.V. Buttrey, Ann Johnston, Kenneth M. MacKenzie and Michael L. Bates, Greek, Roman and Islamic Coins from Sardis) and L 1975-2-5-1. 5 is from near Aezani (B. Levick and S. Mitchell, Monuments from the Aezanitis, p. 193, no. 26. 2235 differs from 4100 mainly in the treatment of the portrait.Countermarks: Branch (GIC 382), uncertain objects (GIC 494-5), AVG (GIC 577), AVG (GIC 578) and TI CAE (GIC 602). Most of the countermarks seem to be Thracian.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 731
2 2     L BMC 732
3 3     L BMC 734
4 4     L BMC 735
5 5     L: 1930,0906.6
6 6     L: 1947,0606.1440
7 7     L: 1937,0109.11
8 8     G 290
9 9     P: 964
10 10     P: 965
11 11     P: 966
12 12     P: 967
13 13     P: 968
14 14     P: 969
15 15     O AMC 710
16 16     O AMC 711
17 17     O AMC 712
18 18     NY: 1944.100.39201
19 19     NY: 1944.100.39202
20 20     NY: 1944.100.39200
21 21     Yale
22 22     Yale
23 23     Yale
24 24     Afyon: 6268
25 25     Afyon: 922
26 26 –29     Beirut excavations = K. Butcher, Small Change in Ancient Beirut (2001–2), no. 482–5, where attributed to Antioch
30 30     B: 18202465
31 31     ✸ B: 18202466
32 32     B: 18213823
33 33     B: 18213818
34 34     B: 18213838
35 35     B: 18213843
36 36     B: 18213853
37 37     B: 18213860
38 38     B: 18213863
39 39     Leeds-UL: 661
40 40     CGT coll.
41 41     CGT coll.
42 42     CGT coll.
43 43     CGT coll.
44 44     B: Balat, Depot
45 45     Münster: M 1482
46 46     CGT coll.
47 47     CNG 184, 19 March 2008, lot 122
48 48     Roma Numismatics EA 96, 5 May 2022, lot 649
49 49     Pangerl 98a
50 50     Pangerl 98b
51 51     Pangerl 98c
52 52     Pangerl 98d
53 53     Leu EA 25, 11 March 2023, lot 2119
54 54     SMACA pl.19, 8 (Zagreb)
55 55     Milan: 445 GIC 494
56 56     Pangerl 79h
57 57     Pangerl 79i
58 58     Pangerl 79j
59 59     Naumann 111, 5 Dec. 2021, lot 589
60 60     Savoca 22nd Blue Auction, 27 July 2019, lot 961
61 61     Regensburg: 18078-119