RPC I, 3130

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3130
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Apamea
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Gaius (Caesar)
Magistrate Gaius Masonius Rufus
Obverse inscription ΓΑΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Edition Γάϊος Καῖσαρ
Translation Gaius Caesar
Obverse design laureate head of Gaius Caesar, right
Reverse inscription ΜΑΣΩΝΙΟΣ ΡΟΥΦΟΣ, ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ
Edition Μασώνιος Ῥοῦφος Ἀπαμέων
Translation Masonius Rufus, of the Apameans
Reverse design facing cult statue of Artemis (with supports)
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 3.27 g
Axis 12
Specimens 27 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 5, 17: same pair of dies. 2, 19: same pair of dies. 4, 18, 20: same pair of dies. 6, 8: same pair of dies. 10, 12–16: same pair of dies. 21, 24–5: same pair of dies. 22, 26: same pair of dies. 1–2, 4–9, 11, 17–26: same obv. die. 10, 12–16, 27: same obv. die. 23, 27: same rev. die.
Note The correct reading of the rev. legend and attribution was made by H. Küthmann (noted on the ticket in Mu).
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0101.2112 SNG vA 8305
2 2     Mu: 22b SNG 145
3 3     Afyon: 841
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     Naumann 77, 5 May 2019, lot 476
10 10     ✸ Naumann 75, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 431
11 11     Demos 2, 5 June 2021, lot 460
12 12     CNG MBS 61, 25 Sept. 2002, lot 1048
13 13     Gorny & Mosch 122, 10 Mar. 2003, lot 1797 = CNG EA 477, 23 Sept. 2020, lot 250
14 14     Gorny & Mosch 191, 11 Oct. 2010, lot 1816
15 15     Lanz 154, 11 June 2012, lot 299
16 16     Rauch Summer 2013, 18 Sept. 2013, lot 492 = CNG 103, 14 Sept. 2016, lot 677
17 17     Naumann 34, 9 Aug. 2015, lot 720
18 18     Naumann 37, 1 Nov. 2015, lot 517
19 19     Naumann 43, 1 May 2016, lot 732
20 20     Naumann 44, 7 Aug. 2016, lot 666
21 21     Naumann 96, 1 Nov. 2020, lot 397
22 22     Savoca 95th Silver, 14 Feb. 2021, lot 352 = Leu EA 18, 18 Dec. 2021, lot 2014
23 23     Leu EA 15, 27 Feb. 2021, lot 1221
24 24     Demos 8, 19 Mar. 2022, lot 405
25 25     Bucephalus Numismatic 5, 29 Apr. 2022, lot 864
26 26     Roma EA 97, 26 May 2022, lot 636
27 27     Demos 13, 21 Oct. 2022, lot 514