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
Edition Σεβαστός
Translation Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right; before, lituus
Reverse inscription ΣΩΣΘΕΝΗΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΝΩΝ
Edition Σωσθένης Σεβαστηνῶν
Translation Sosthenes, of the Sebasteans
Reverse design naked figure standing, left, with sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 14 mm
Average weight 2.14 g
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.
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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