RPC I, 3154

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3154
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Sebaste
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Magistrate Sosthenes
Obverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right; before, lituus
Reverse inscription ΣΩΣΘΕΝΗΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design naked figure standing, left, with sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 14 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference MG 411, no. 148 corr.
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3, 5, 9: same pair of dies. 2, 4, 6–8, 10: same pair of dies. 1–10: same obv. die.
Note I-B identified the figure as Zeus.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1906
2 2     B: 18241202, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer MG, no. 148
3 3     B: 18241203, 1914/761 Prowe 1877
4 4     B: 18241204, 1920/822
5 5     CGT coll. = Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 38, 6 Dec. 2015, lot 413
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll. ex G. Rohde coll.
8 8     ✸ Naumann 64, 1 Apr. 2018, lot 326
9 9     Naumann 78, 2 June 2019, lot 604
10 10     CNG MBS 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1348