RPC I, 3516

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3516
Province Galatia
Region Pisidia
City Ariassus
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Livia (Augusta)
Dating 24 BC?
Obverse inscription
Obverse design draped female bust of Livia (?), right
Reverse inscription ΑΡΙ Β
Reverse design eagle, facing, on thunderbolt
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 14 mm
Reference vA Pisid., no 380
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note For a discussion of the uncertain identity of the portrait, see vA Pisid., p. 28, and enlarged photo on Taf. 36. Leschhorn, p. 397 does not accept that the coins refer to an era.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Istanbul Ariassus hoard
2 2     SNG Bern 1381
3 3     C Mossop