RPC I, 2807A

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2807A
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Alabanda
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Gaius (Caesar) ; Lucius (Caesar)
Person (rev.) Livia (Augusta)
Issue Augustus?
Obverse inscription [ ]ΙΟΣ ΚΑΙ[ ]
Obverse design bare and jugate head of Gaius and Lucius (?), right
Reverse inscription ΑΛΑΒΑΝΔΕΩΝ
Reverse design female head, right (of Livia?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The female head seems very similar to that on 2807 (possibly even the same die??). The remains of the obv. legend suggest that the two heads are Gaius and Lucius, thereby confirming the identification of the head on 2807 as Augustus, assuming that it is correct to associate the two issues. This association is based on the stylistic similarity of the head on the reverse and the same very small module of the coins.
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Winterthur: G 6947 ex Schulten 18-20 Oct. 1989, lot 422