RPC I, 2343

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 2343
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Augustus (Divus)
Dating c. AD 35
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ, ΜΥΤΙ
Edition Τι(βέριος) Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Μυτι(ληναίων)
Translation Tiberius Caesar Augustus, of the Mytileneans
Obverse design Tiberius standing facing, capite velato, holding patera
Reverse inscription ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΘΕΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition Καῖσαρ Θεὸς Σεβαστός
Translation Caesar Divine Augustus
Reverse design Augustus in elephant quadriga, left
Metal brass
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 17.81 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 186
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1875,0404.1 BMC 186
2 2     P: 292
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     C. Williams and H. Williams, Excavations at Mytilene, Echos du Monde Classique/Classical Views 35.2 (1991), pp. 175–91, at 191 (no illustration)
5 5     ✸ W. Holt coll. (ex Teutoburger Münzauktion 100, lot1809)
6 6     M. B. Richter coll.