RPC I, 2994

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2994
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Germanicus (Caesar) ; Drusus Caesar
Magistrate Alexandros, son of Kleon (high priest)
Obverse inscription ΔΡΟΥΣΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΕΣ ΝΕΟΙ ΘΕΟΙ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΙ
Edition Δροῦσος καὶ Γερμανικὸς Καίσαρες Νέοι Θεοὶ Φιλάδελφοι
Translation Drusus and Germanicus Caesars, new Gods, brotherly
Obverse design togate figures of Drusus and Germanicus seated, left, on curule chairs, one holding out lituus
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΚΛΕΩΝΟΣ ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΟΥ, ΚΟΙΝΟΥ ΑΣΙΑΣ
Edition ἐπὶ ἀρχιερέως Ἀλεξάνδρου Κλέωνος Σαρδιανοῦ κοινοῦ Ἀσίας
Translation under the high priest Alexandros, son of Kleon, of Sardis, of the Koinon of Asia
Reverse design wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.90 g
Axis 2, 11, 12
Reference BMC Sardis 104
Specimens 19 (13 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 104
2 2     L BMC 105
3 3     L: 1979,0101.2031 ex vA 3143
4 4     L: 1914,0406.6
5 5     Cop SNG 517
6 6     ✸ P: 1189
7 7     P: 1190
8 8     P: 1191
9 9     P: 1198
10 10     P: Delepierre
11 11     O
12 12     V: GR 19560
13 13     NY: 1944.100.43318
14 14     H. Voegtli, Die Fundmünzen aus der Stadtgrabung von Pergamon (1993), p. 42
15 15     Roma Numismatics EA 64, 28 Nov. 2019, lot 489
16 16     Naumann 81, 1 Sept. 2019, lot 370
17 17     Freiburg: 13782
18 18     E. Werner coll. (ex Olympus Numismatik 8, 21 Oct. 2023, lot 401)
19 19     Brisbane: 2625