RPC I, 2906

 

Image of specimen #19

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2906
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Laodicea ad Lycum
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Magistrate Cornelius Dioskourides II (in office for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition Σεβαστός
Translation Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Tiberius (?), right
Reverse inscription ΚΟΡ ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΗΣ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ
Edition Κορ(νήλιος) Διοσκορίδης Λαοδικέων
Translation Cornelius Dioskourides, of the Laodiceans
Reverse design Zeus Laodiceus standing, left, with eagle and staff
Metal bronze
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 6.32 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 141, Cop 547, AMC 1406
Specimens 20 (14 in the core collections)
Note The monogram, which also occurs on Neronian coins of Aineias (2926–7), has been variously interpreted as standing for coronatus (Ramsay), ΚΟΡΝΗΛΙΟΣ (BMC) and ΑΡΧΟ (Wa) Κορ(νήλιος) is correct, as it is spelled out in full on coins of another Dioscurides (under Domitian: KM 266, nos 20–1, vA 3845).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 141
2 2     L BMC 142
3 3     O AMC 1406
4 4     P: 1522 Wa 6262
5 5     P: 1517a
6 6     P: 1523a
7 7     Cop SNG 547
8 8     Cop SNG 548
9 9     B: 18240933, I-B
10 10     B: 18240934, 445/1896
11 11     V: GR 27519
12 12     V: GR 35397
13 13     V: GR 28496
14 14     Mu: 20a
15 15     Weber 7138
16 16     Lewis = SNG 1596
17 17     Lewis = SNG 1597
18 18     CGT coll.
19 19     ✸ Nomos obolos 16, 11 Oct. 2020, lot 1015
20 20     Bucephalus Numismatic 21, 23–24 June 2023, lot 612