RPC I, 2896

 

Image of specimen #16

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2896
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Laodicea ad Lycum
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Magistrate Sosthenes
Dating c. 10 BC
Obverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition Σεβαστός
Translation Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΣΩΣΘΕΝΗΣ
Edition Λαοδικέων Σώσθενης
Translation of the Laodiceans, Sosthenes
Reverse design Zeus Laodiceus standing, left, holding eagle and staff; to left, wreath enclosing Ζ and flanked by Ν and Ω
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 3.37 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference BMC 147
Specimens 36 (12 in the core collections)
Die-links 6, 11, 15, 35: same pair of dies. 9, 21: same pair of dies. 14, 17, 31, 37: same pair of dies. 16, 25: same pair of dies. 19, 28: same pair of dies. 1, 13, 16, 25, 32, 34: same obv. die. 6, 8, 11–12, 15, 19–20, 27–8, 35–6: same obv. die. 7, 14, 17, 31, 37: same obv. die. 9, 18, 21–2: same obv. die. 29–30, 33: same obv. die. 1, 6, 11, 15, 22, 35: same rev. die. 7–8: same rev. die.
Note The significance of the letters within and beside the wreath is not clear; cf. also 2917 (Nero, Gaios Postomos).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1839,0919.506 BMC 147
2 2     L: 1903,0404.83 BMC 148
3 3     O AMC 1409
4 4     O AMC 1410
5 5     Cop SNG 553
6 6     P: 1519
7 7     P: 1525a
8 8     B: 18240900, I-B
9 9     B: 18240929, 677/1878
10 10     C: gen.
11 11     Mu: 20 SNG 375 (376 on pl.)
12 12     NY: 1944.100.50504
13 13     Lindgren 989
14 14     SNG vA 3834
15 15     Naumann 67, 1 July 2018, lot 382
16 16     ✸ Savoca 111 Blue, 28 Aug. 2021, lot 1148
17 17     CGT coll.
18 18     CGT coll.
19 19     CGT coll.
20 20     CGT coll.
21 21     CGT coll.
22 22     CGT coll. = M&M GmbH 16, 19 May 2005, lot 555 = CNG EA 220, 14 Oct. 2009, lot 251
23 23     CGT coll.
25 25     Themis 1, 19 May 2019, lot 196
27 27     CNG EA 461, 12 Feb. 2020, lot 283 = Naumann 78, 2 June 2019, lot 589
28 28     Themis 6, 29 Feb. 2020, lot 352
29 29     Naumann 96, 1 Nov. 2020, lot 410
30 30     Savoca 95th Silver, 14 Feb. 2021, lot 371
31 31     CNG EA 203, 28 Jan. 2009, lot 318
32 32     Agora Sale 52, 22 Mar. 2016, lot 94
33 33     Roma EA 30, 29 Oct. 2016, lot 214 = Peus EA 5, 8 July 2017, lot 284
34 34     Savoca 4th Blue, 29 Dec. 2017, lot 846
35 35     Bucephalus Numismatic 5, 29 Apr. 2022, lot 904
36 36     Savoca 133rd Silver, 15 May 2022, lot 207
37 37     Solidus 105, 13 Sept. 2022, lot 303
38 38     Brisbane