RPC I, 2325

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2325
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Troas
City Scepsis
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Obverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition Σεβαστός
Translation Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription ΣΚΗΨΙΩΝ
Edition Σκηψίων
Translation of the Scepsians
Reverse design facing head of Dionysus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.79 g
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
Note The coin no. 3 was originally described under RPC I, 5430, among the uncertain coins. –– RBW comments ‘Interestingly, the obv. die is the same as the Berlin specimen illustrated in RPC, but the legend features Ss, rather than Cs (presumably strengthening the attribution to Augustus rather than Tiberius)’: the obv. legend must be read as ΣEBAΣTOΣ, not CEBACTOC.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     NY RBW
3 3     P: Teos 2920 RPC I, 5430
4 4     ✸ Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 31, 3 May 2015, lot 351