RPC I, 3233

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 3233
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Synnada
Region Phrygia
City Amorium
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Magistrate Alexandros, son of Kallippos
Obverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition Σεβαστός
Translation Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right; before, lituus
Reverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΜΟΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Ἀλέξανδρος Ἀμοριανῶν
Translation Alexandros, of the Amorians
Reverse design eagle holding caduceus standing, right, on thunderbolt
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.91 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference BMC 23, AMC 1378, Cop 120
Specimens 31 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 34: same pair of dies. 2, 30, 35: same pair of dies. 3, 23: same pair of dies. 5, 32: same pair of dies. 6, 9, 15: same pair of dies. 10, 26: same pair of dies. 12, 37: same pair of dies. 13, 36: same pair of dies. 14, 31: same pair of dies. 1, 7, 34: same obv. die. 2–6, 9–10, 12–15, 19–20, 22–4, 26–7, 30–2, 35–7: same obv. die. 1, 20, 33–4: same rev. die. 7, 12, 37: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 23
2 2     P: 287
3 3     P: 287a
4 4     O AMC 1378
5 5     Cop SNG 120
6 6     B: I-B KM 198, no. 7
7 7     B: 266/1879
8 8     V: GR 31401
9 9     vA Phryg. II, 3398
10 10     Sternberg 11, 1981, lot 309
11 11     Gotha cast in Winterthur
12 12     ✸ Naumann 68, 5 Aug. 2018, lot 290
13 13     Naumann 58, 1 Oct. 2017, lot 333
14 14     Freiburg: 13725
15 15     Boston: 66.56
18 18     CGT coll.
19 19     CGT coll.
20 20     G. Hirsch 343, 26 Sept. 2018, lot 2490
22 22     Naumann 38, 6 Dec. 2015, lot 528
23 23     Roma EA 40, 28 Oct. 2017, lot 323
24 24     Kölner Münzkabinett EA 4, 1 Jan. 2018, lot 199
26 26     Leu EA 8, 29 June 2019, lot 674
27 27     iNumis MBS 48, 3 Mar. 2020, lot 256
30 30     Demos 7, 29 Jan. 2022, lot 411
31 31     CNG EA 511, 9 Mar. 2022, lot 231 = Leu EA 13, 15 Aug. 2020, lot 878
32 32     Bucephalus Numismatic 6, 12 June 2022, lot 610
33 33     Agora Sale 106, 5 July 2022, lot 106
34 34     Roma EA 102, 3 Nov. 2022, lot 665
35 35     Bucephalus Numismatic 5, 29 Apr. 2022, lot 854
36 36     SNG vA 8322
37 37     F. Deply coll. (ex N&N London 13, 26 Feb. 2023, lot 313)