RPC I, 3540

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3540
Province Galatia
Region Lycaonia
City Lystra
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Obverse inscription IMP AVG
Obverse design laureate head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription CERERIS
Reverse design Ceres seated, left, with torch (?) and ears of corn with poppies over altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 12
Reference vA Lys., 515
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Note The obv. legend IMP AVG seems complete.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: B-I
2 2     ✸ Brisbane: 1531 Gorny & Mosch 181, 12 Oct. 2009, lot 1831
3 3     Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 1074
4 4     Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 42, 3 Apr. 2016, lot 568
5 5     CGT coll. = Naumann 48, 20 Nov. 2016, lot 447
6 6     Nomos obolos 7, 9 July 2017, lot 284