RPC I, 2289

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2289
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Troas
City Abydus
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Issue Sebastos - Tiberius???
Obverse inscription ϹƐΒΑϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Tiberius (?), r.
Reverse inscription [ΑΒ]ΥΔΗΝ
Reverse design lyre
Metal Æ
Average diameter 14 mm
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note Corr: this may well be the same as 2288.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 76
2 2     Found in Erdek (Cyzicus), A.T. Tek and M. Arslan, in (ed) R. Ashton, Studies in Ancient Coinage from Turkey (London, 1996), p. 21 no. 52: ‘[AB]YΔΗ(no N., pace RPC)’
3 3     Naumann 55, 2 July 2017, lot 439
4 4     CGT coll. = Savoca 85 Blue, 19 Sept. 2020, lot 1046
5 5     Savoca Blue 134, 21 May 2022, lot 667