RPC I, 3143

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3143
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Eumenea
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Livia (Augusta)
Magistrate Kastoris
Obverse inscription ΗΡΑ Λ(Ε)ΙΒΙΑ
Edition Ἥρα Λειβία
Translation Hera Livia
Obverse design draped bust of Livia, right
Reverse inscription ΕΥΜΕΝΕΩΝ ΚΑΣΤΟΡΙΣ ΣΩΤΙΡΑ
Edition Εὐμενέων Καστορὶς σωτῖρα
Translation of the Eumeneans, Kastoris savior
Reverse design inscription in wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 14 mm
Average weight 2.58 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference GRMK 149, no. 1 corr.
Specimens 24 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 9, 20: same pair of dies. 4–5, 10–11, 13–14, 16–19: same pair of dies. 8, 22–3: same pair of dies. 12, 24: same pair of dies. 1, 8–9, 20, 22–3: same obv. die. 4–5, 10–14, 16–19, 24: same obv. die. 1, 9, 15, 20: same rev. die. 4–5, 10–11, 13–14, 16–19, 21: same rev. die.
Note The interpretation offered in RPC is that the coin, a smaller denomination for an empress, is signed by a woman (cf. 3149–52 below); her name is Kastoris and she is given the title soteira, just as Epigonos, presumably her husband, is given the title philopatris. On this view, both were in some way benefactors of the city.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1988/215 ex Aufhäuser 5, 1988, lot 233
2 2     L: 1991,0130.68
3 3     I-B = GRMK, no. 1
4 4     L: 1989,0502.1 ex Schulten (Apr. 1989) lot 313
5 5     M. Richter coll. (ex Jacquier Münzliste 10, 1989, no. 140 = Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 41, 6 Mar. 2016, lot 561)
6 6     RBW (ex Classical Numismatic Review, 1993 First Quarter, lot 355)
7 7     Yale PRF
8 8     RBW (ex Künker 124, 16 Mar. 2007, lot 8803)
9 9     ✸ Naumann 62, 4 Feb. 2018, lot 554
10 10     Leeds-UL: 854
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     CGT coll. ex G. Rohde coll.
13 13     Sternberg 35, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 442
14 14     Solidus 89, 16 Nov. 2021, lot 1129 = Solidus 96, 22 Mar. 2022, lot 1080 = Solidus 104, 31 July 2022, lot 70 = Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 2068
15 15     Münz Zentrum 175, 13 Jan. 2016, lot 422
16 16     Gorny & Mosch 251, 15 Oct. 2017, lot 4693
17 17     Savoca 28th Silver, 16 Dec. 2018, lot 204
18 18     Leu EA 6, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 585
19 19     Naumann 78, 2 June 2019, lot 580
20 20     Naumann 89, 3 May 2020, lot 279
21 21     Gorny & Mosch 142, 10 Oct. 2005, lot 1992
22 22     Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 917
23 23     Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 702
24 24     NAC 78, 26 May 2014, lot 2077