RPC I, 2995

 

Image of specimen #50

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2995
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Germanicus (Caesar) ; Drusus Caesar
Magistrate Gaius Asinius Pollio (proconsul)
Dating c. AD 28/9 (?)
Obverse inscription ΔΡΟΥΣΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΕΣ ΝΕΟΙ ΘΕΟΙ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦ(ΟΙ)
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 ΓΑΙΩ ΑΣΙΝΝΙΩ ΠΟΛΛΙΩΝΙ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΩ, ΚΟΙΝΟΥ ΑΣΙΑΣ
Edition Γαΐῳ Ἀσίννιῳ Πολλίωνι ἀνθυπάτῳ κοινοῦ Ἀσίας
Translation to Gaius Asinius Pollio, proconsul of the Koinon of Asia
Reverse design wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.21 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference BMC Sardis 106, Cop 518
Specimens 58 (37 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 109
2 2     L BMC 106
3 3     L BMC 107
4 4     L BMC 108
5 5     L: 1975,1005.6
6 6     P: 1193
7 7     P: 1194
8 8     P: 1195
9 9     P: 1196 Wa 5237
10 10     P: 1197 Wa 5238
11 11     P: 1197A
12 12     P: Delepierre
13 13     Cop SNG 518
14 14     V: GR 19561
15 15     V: GR 31982
16 16     Mu: 41
17 17     Mu: 42
18 18     Mu: 42b
19 19     O
20 20     O
21 21     O
22 22     O
23 23     B
24 24     B
25 25     B
26 26     B
27 27     B
28 28     B
29 29     B
30 30     B
31 31     B
32 32     C: Leake
33 33     C
34 34 –39     Sardis excavations 274
40 40     Weber 6905
41 41     NY: 1944.100.43319
42 42     NY: 1944.100.43320
43 43     NY: 1953.171.531
44 44     NY: 1953.171.530
45 45     Brussels
46 46 –47     H. Voegtli, Die Fundmünzen aus der Stadtgrabung von Pergamon (1993), p. 42
49 49     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 31, 3 May 2015, lot 371
50 50     ✸ Naumann 53, 7 May 2017, lot 495
51 51     Münster: M 1232
52 52     Numismatik Naumann 52, 2 April 2017, lot 1262
53 53     BIga Auction 6, 31 Oct. 2021, lot 637
54 54     Savoca 129th Blue, 26 March 2022, lot 726
55 55     CGT coll. = Savoca 29th Blue, 22 Feb. 2020, lot 1029
56 56     CGT coll. ex Lanz eBay
57 57     CNG 439, 6 March 2019, lot 239
58 58     Savoca 89th Blue, 7 Nov. 2020, lot 1054
59 59     Gabriel Pacífico coll.