RPC I, 2988

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 2988
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Magistrate Mousaios
Alliance with Pergamum
Issue Sardis and Pergamum
Obverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ
Edition Σεβαστοῦ
Translation of Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΜΟΥΣΑΙΟΣ
Edition Σαρδιανῶν καὶ Περγαμηνῶν Μουσαῖος
Translation of the Sardians and Pergamenes, Mousaios
Reverse design the Demoi of Pergamum and Sardis, each holding a sceptre, clasping hands
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 6.76 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 213, Cop 54
Specimens 14 (3 in the core collections)
Note See U. Kampmann, Die Homonoia-Verbindungen der Stadt Pergamon (Saarbrücker Studien zur Archäologie und Alten Geschichte 9, Saarbrucken, 1996), pp. 17-9 and 120-9, no. 125-33; Franke & Nollé pp. 184-5, nos. 1805-25.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 213
2 2     Cop SNG 545
3 3     V: GR 34182
4 4     Sardis excavations 269
5 5     Sardis excavations (1910–14) 306
6 6     Yale: ex PRF
7 7     Kölner Münzkabinett EA 4, 1 Jan. 2018, lot 181 = Franke/Nolle 1822
8 8     Leeds-UL: 814
9 9     CGT coll. = Saint Paul 6, 20 May 2017, lot 173
10 10     Numismatik Naumann 62, 4 Feb. 2018, lot 526
11 11     F. Vink coll. (ex CNG MBS 78, R. Prideaux coll., 14 May 2008, lot 1315)
12 12     Freiburg: 13781
13 13     ✸ J. Clark coll.
14 14     Solidus 100, 17 May 2022, lot 286, ex P R Franke