RPC I, 3127

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 3127
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Apamea
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus (—)
Magistrate Dionysios Apolloniou (without title) ; Meliton (without title)
Obverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Obverse design laureate head of Augustus, r.; to r., aphlaston
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥ ΜΕΛΙΤΩΝ ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ
Reverse design facing cult statue of Artemis (with supports); below, maeander pattern
Metal Leaded bronze
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 25 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 4, 7: same pair of dies. 8–9: same pair of dies. 10, 20, 27: same pair of dies. 11, 24–5: same pair of dies. 14, 16: same pair of dies. 1, 4, 7–9, 11, 14–16, 18, 24–5: same obv. die. 5–6, 12, 19, 22–3: same obv. die. 12, 14, 16: same rev. die. 17–18: same rev. die.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1951,1208.30
2 2     B: I-B KM 209, no. 13a
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     P: 476
5 5     P: 480 Wa 5700
6 6     Mu: 22 SNG 142
7 7     vA 3486
8 8     ✸ Naumann 80, 4 Aug. 2019, lot 394
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     Gorny & Mosch 212, 5 Mar. 2013, lot 2456
14 14     Rauch EA 13, 28 June 2013, lot 303
15 15     Naumann 28, 1 Feb. 2015, lot 275
16 16     Naumann 34, 9 Aug. 2015, lot 718
17 17     Saint Paul Antiques 8, 9 July 2017, lot 231
18 18     Saint Paul Antiques 10, 2 Sept. 2017, lot 182
19 19     Themis 7, 27 June 2020, lot 578 = Demos 2, 5 June 2021, lot 461
20 20     Agora Sale 98, 8 Dec. 2020, lot 171
22 22     Savoca 1st Blue, 23 Sept. 2017, lot 802
23 23     Savoca 22nd Silver, 29 Apr. 2018, lot 310 = Naumann 39, 3 Jan. 2016, lot 657
24 24     Savoca 7th Blue, 26 May 2018, lot 688
25 25     Savoca 7th Blue, 26 May 2018, lot 689
27 27     Bucephalus Numismatic 7, 30 Sept. 2022, lot 744