RPC I, 2466

 

Image of specimen #76

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2466
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus ; Livia (Augusta)
Magistrate Leontiskos, son of Hippomedon
Dating c. 10 BC (?)
Obverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩΙ ΖΜΥΡΝΑΙΟΙ
Obverse design jugate laureate head of Augustus and draped bust of Livia, right
Reverse inscription ΛΕΟΝΤΙΣΚΟΣ ΙΠΠΟΜΕΔΟΝΤΟΣ
Reverse design Aphrodite Stratonikis standing, front, holding sceptre and Nike, and leaning on column; to right, dove
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 12
Reference Klose XXIII B
Specimens 80 (2 in the core collections)
Note 5 obv. and 34 rev. dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 255
2 2     L BMC 258
3 3 –74     see Klose
75 75     Leeds-UL: 734
76 76     ✸ Lanz 158, 5 June 2014, lot 451
77 77     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 29, 1 Mar. 2015, lot 407
78 78     Freiburg: 254
79 79     Münster: M 1142
80 80     Papillon 8, 19 Sep. 2021, lot 806