RPC I, 2897

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 2897
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
Obverse design capricorn with cornucopia, right
Reverse inscription ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΣΩΣΘΕΝΗΣ
Reverse design three ears of corn tied together
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 14 mm
Axis 1, 11, 12
Specimens 23 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 4, 14, 18: same pair of dies. 8, 19, 23: same pair of dies. 9, 20: same pair of dies. 10, 12: same pair of dies. 11, 17: same pair of dies. 16, 21: same pair of dies. 1, 5, 8, 11, 15–17, 19, 21–3: same obv. die. 2, 7, 10, 12: same obv. die. 3–4, 9, 13–14, 18, 20: same obv. die. 1, 7: same rev. die. 2, 6, 9, 20: same rev. die. 4, 14–15, 18: same rev. die. 8, 10, 12, 19, 23: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1921,0412.102 ex Weber 7141
2 2     P: 1526 Wa 6260
3 3     B: 18240930, I-B MG 403, no. 133
4 4     B: 18240932, 18661
5 5     B: 18240931, I-B
6 6     Mu SNG 376 (377 on plate)
7 7     CNG EA 245, 1 Dec. 2010, lot 272, ex JSW
8 8     CGT coll. = Savoca 1st Blue, 23 Sept. 2017, lot 808
9 9     CGT coll. = Naumann 59, 5 Nov. 2017, lot 235
10 10     J. Clark coll. (ex Savoca 12 Blue, 2018, lot 1014) = Nomos Obolos EA 19, 8 May 2021, lot 577
11 11     ✸ J. Clark coll.
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     Naumann 75, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 465
15 15     Agora Sale 96, 10 Mar. 2020, lot 112
16 16     Themis 8, 18 Oct. 2020, lot 517
17 17     Papillon Numismatic 4, 19 Dec. 2020, lot 308
18 18     Naumann 27, 4 Jan. 2015, lot 449
19 19     Naumann 33, 5 July 2015, lot 371
20 20     Naumann 34, 9 Aug. 2015, lot 745
21 21     Demos 7, 29 Jan. 2022, lot 412
22 22     Solidus 98, 3 May 2022, lot 1271
23 23     Savoca 5th Blue, 24 Feb. 2018, lot 893