RPC I, 2294

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2294
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Troas
City Abydus
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Uncertain
Obverse inscription ]ΚΑΙϹ[ (retrograde)
Obverse design bare head, r.
Reverse inscription ΑΒΥ
Reverse design lyre
Metal Æ
Average diameter 14 mm
Average weight 2.92 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies.
Note The legend to the l. of the head on 1 seems to read ΚΑΙϹ[ (retrograde). That on the r. of the head on 2 seems to read ΚΑΙΑΡ (Ρ retrograde). The portrait suggests Augustus, but the coin is very different from 2284–7.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Museum Bibliography
1     ✸ P: 83
2     JSW