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
Edition Caesar
Translation Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription AVGVSTVS
Edition Augustus
Translation Augustus
Reverse design inscription one line in laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.97 g
Axis 1, 2, 7, 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 65 (32 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.
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