RPC I, 3317a

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3317a
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Lycia
City Koinon of Lycia
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Obverse inscription (ΛΥ)
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription ΚΡ ΤΕΛ
Reverse design cithara in wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Reference Troxell, LL 178 (Telmessus-Cragus)
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note 3317a-e: Troxell 178 (—/ΚΡ ΤΕΛ), 182 (ΛΥ/ΤΛ), 183 (ΛΥ/ΚΡ ΤΛ), 187 (—/ΛΥ ΚΥ), 189–90 (ΛΥ/(ΛΥΚΙΩΝ) ΜΑ, winged caduceus). The results of an analysis by EDS (analisi spettroscopica per dispersione elettronica) are the following: Cu: 83.4%; Sn: 9.2%; Pb: 7.4 % (R. Martini, ‘Monetazione bronzea orientale di Augustus tra emissioni imperiali, coniazioni provinciali. E produzioni locali: i ‘sesterzi’ della Lycia ed i ‘Dupondi’? della serie AVGV/ STVS (Asia Minor) alla luce di nuove analisi metallografiche’, in O. Tekin ed, Ancient History, Numismatics and Epigraphy in the Mediterranean World. Studies in memory of Clemens E. Bosch and Sabahat Atlan and in honour of Nezahat Baydur (Istanbul, 2009), pp. 231-245.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1922,0202.4 Troxell 178