RPC I, 3101

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3101
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Phrygia
City Aezani
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Agrippina II
Issue Group II (no 'magistrates'' names)
Dating c. AD 50/4
Obverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ
Edition Σεβαστή
Translation Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Agrippina II (?), right
Reverse inscription ΑΙΖΑΝΙΤΩΝ
Edition Αἰζανιτῶν
Translation of the Aezanites
Reverse design Cybele seated, left, with patera and tympanum
Metal brass
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.18 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 57
Specimens 10 (6 in the core collections)
Note The empress has always been identified as Livia, but the hairstyle looks more like that of Agrippina II, and the piece would then fit very well as a smaller denomination corresponding to 3100. This is made very probable by the composition of the coin, as brass is not used before Caligula's reign.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 57
2 2     P: 161
3 3     P: 162 Wa 5553
4 4     O
5 5     B: Gansauge
6 6     B: 737/1914 ex Prowe 1877
8 8     CGT coll. = Savoca Auction 15, 28 May 2017, lot 367
9 9     CGT coll. ex eBay Savoca ex Roma Numismatics EA 26, 30 Apr. 2016, lot 394
10 10     Nomos obolos 15, 24 May 2020, lot 531
11 11     ✸ Nomos 20, 10 July 2020, lot 302