RPC I, 2523

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2523
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Colophon
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Obverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition Σεβαστός
Translation Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription ΚΟΛΟΦΟΝΙΩΝ
Edition Κολοφωνίων
Translation of the Colophonians
Reverse design Apollo seated, right, holding laurel branch and lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.64 g
Axis 12
Reference Milne, no. 180
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb. ZfN 12, 1885, 315–16 'im Catalog de Moustier no. 240 irrig als mit sitzendem Homer beschreiben'; Milne, pl. XI, 180a.
2 2     R. Weigel coll.
3 3     ✸ CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 20, 7 Feb. 2016, lot 277
4 4     CGT coll. ex Saint Paul Antiques 2, 18 Mar. 2017, lot 183; Saint Paul Antiques 6, 20 May 2017, lot 172