RPC I, 3381

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3381
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pamphylia
City Aspendus
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Obverse inscription
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription ΑΣ
Edition Ἀσ(πενδίων)
Translation of the Aspendians
Reverse design cult statues of the Aphroditai Kastnietides
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 4.68 g
Axis 12
Reference KM 319, no. 38, Cop 268
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Note The portrait is very like that of the early Augustan coins with IMP CAESAR/CAESAR DIVI F, thus making an identification with Augustus very likely, and a date early in the reign, say the twenties BC, quite likely.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 111 Wa 3233
2 2     P: 110
3 3     Cop SNG 268
4 4     I-B = KM, no. 38, and Taf. X.28
5 5     Wildwinds