RPC I, 3153

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3153
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Sebaste
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus (—)
Magistrate Sosthenes (without title)
Obverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, r.
Reverse inscription ΣΩΣΘΕΝΗΣ ΑΓΝΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design Zeus seated, l., with eagle and sceptre
Metal Leaded bronze
Average diameter 18 mm
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference BMC 21
Specimens 12 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–7: same obv. die.
Note KM wrongly restored the rev. legend as ἁγνο[θέου], but the final Σ is clear on 3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.50570
2 2     L BMC 21
3 3     L BMC 22
4 4     P: 1921 Wa 6479
5 5     B: 18241196, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer KM 287, no. 1 = GM 411, no. 147
6 6     B: 18241198, 1906 Löbbecke
7 7     B: 18241197, 1873 Fox
8 8     Klagenfurt cast in Winterthur
9 9     Lambros, cast in Winterthur
10 10     ✸ Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 15, 6 Apr. 2014, lot 485
11 11     CGT coll. = Saint Paul 13, 19 Nov. 2017, lot 345
12 12     DEMOS 16, 3 Feb. 2023, lot 309