RPC I, 2524

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2524
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Metropolis
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Magistrate Gaius Iulius Demetrios
Obverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right; before, lituus
Reverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΟΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Cybele seated, left, with lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 2525/1–4.
Note Attributed in RPC I to Metropolis in Ionia, but the stylistic links to Phrygian cities suggest that Grant's suggestion of Metropolis in Phrygia is more likely.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1616 Wa 1764 = KM 83, no. 5 with Taf. III.8 = NC 1949, pl. X.11
2 2     P. Villemur coll. = CNG Triton XI, 8 Jan. 2008, lot 483 ex Hirsch 180, 24 Nov. 1993, lot 581
3 3     Naumann 31, 3 May 2015, lot 356
4 4     Naumann 97, Plankenhorn coll., 6 Dec. 2020, lot 1115
5 5     ✸ Leu EA 17, 14 Aug. 2021, lot 1660
6 6     N&N London Green VI, 6 Mar. 2023, lot 169