RPC I, 3538

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3538
Province Galatia
Region Lycaonia
City Lystra
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Obverse inscription IMPE AVGVSTI
Edition Impe(ratoris) Augusti
Translation of Emperor Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Augustus, left; behind, cornucopia
Reverse inscription COL IVL FEI GEM LVSTRA
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) Fe<l>(ix) Gem(ina) Lystra
Translation the Julian twin colony of Felix Lystra
Reverse design colonist ploughing, left, with two hump-backed oxen
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.53 g
Axis 1, 3, 12
Reference vA Lyk., 515
Specimens 13 (3 in the core collections)
Note The S of AVGVSTI is retrograde. FEI is for FEL(ix).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1
2 2     L: 1979,0101.2538 ex vA 5403
3 3 –7     see vA
8 8     O AMC 1422
9 9     Schulten, 20 Oct. 1988, lot 599
10 10     Naumann 88, 5 Apr. 2020, lot 505
11 11     CGT coll. = Roma eAuction 8, 1 June 2014, lot 375
12 12     Zeus Numismatics Web Auction 18, 27 June 2021, lot 298
13 13     ✸ J. Clark coll.