RPC I, 2269

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2269
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Mysia
City Lampsacus
Reign Roman Republic
Person (obv.) Julius Caesar (dictator)
Magistrate Lucius Pontius (duovir) ; Quintus Lucretius (duovir)
Dating c. 45 BC(?)
Obverse inscription C G I L
Edition c(olonia) G(emella) I(ulia) L(ampsacus)
Translation the Julian Twin colony Lampsacus
Obverse design laureate head of Caesar, right
Reverse inscription Q LVCRETI(VS) L PONTI(VS) IIVIR COL DED PR
Edition Q(uintus) Lucretius L(ucius) Pontius IIvir(i) col(oniae) ded(ucendae) pr(aefecti)
Translation Quintus Lucretius (and) Lucius Pontius, duovirs, prefects for settling the colony
Reverse design priest ploughing with oxen, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.66 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference FITA 246 (2)
Specimens 12 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 3–4: same obv. die as 2268/14. 6: same obv. die as 2268/4, 11, 13.
Note The reading L PONTIVS is clear only on 7, where LVCRETIVS has been restored by analogy. Three specimens are either of 2268 or 2269: Mu Parium 66, 7.36, V Parium 16310 (countermarked cornucopia between C C) and 16311 (countermarked with monogram of LAE(?)).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: Parium 16308
2 2     Mu: Parium 65
3 3     B: 18270435, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer FITA, pl. VIII.6
4 4     B: 18241692, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer
5 5     P: 926
6 6     P. Villemur coll. = Kunst und Münzen 1982 = Ball VIII, 5.12.1932, lot 2027 = CNG Triton XI, 8 Jan. 2008, lot 470
7 7     RW
8 8     Schw. Kredit. 1 (1983) lot 247
9 9     Lanz 88 (Benz), 23 Nov. 1998, lot 792
10 10     Agora 100, 4 May 2021, lot 79
11 11     ✸ Joseph Neuner coll. (ex Naumann 117, 5 June 2022, lot 594)
12 12     Naville Numismatics 38, 11 March 2018, lot 211