RPC I, 2450

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2450
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Lydia
City Magnesia ad Sipylum
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Person (rev.) Livia (Augusta)
Magistrate Kilas Dionysios, son of Dionysios (priest of Augustus)
Dating c. 2 BC
Obverse inscription ΜΑΓΝΗΤΕΣ ΑΠΟ ΣΙΠΥΛΟΥ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩΙ
Edition Μαγνήτες ἀπὸ Σιπύλου Σεβαστῷ
Translation the Magnesians from Sipylus to Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription ΚΙΛΑΣ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΣ
Edition Κίλας Διονύσιος
Translation Kilas Dionysios
Reverse design draped bust of Livia, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 3.21 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 15 (6 in the core collections)
Note Probably all from the same dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 649
2 2     B: Fox
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     B: Rauch
5 5     Mu: 30
6 6     Mu Cilbiani Inf. 2
7 7     Jacquier Katalog 35, Sommer 2007, lot 306
8 8     CGT coll. = CNG 319, 29 Jan. 2014, lot 221
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     Naumann 26, 14 Dec. 2014, lot 375
12 12     CNG EA 368, 10 Feb. 2016, lot 238
13 13     Naumann 61, 7 Jan. 2018, lot 432
14 14     ✸ Leu 4, 25 May 2019, lot 439
15 15     Naumann 87, 1 Mar. 2020, lot 301