RPC I, 3549

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 3549
Province Galatia
Region Galatia
City Koinon of Galatia
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Magistrate Titus Helvius Basila (presbeutes)
Issue Series 1: Basila
Dating c. AD 14/15, or 35/7?
Obverse inscription ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Τιβέριος Καῖσαρ
Translation Tiberius Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Tiberius, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΒΑϹΙΛ ΠΡΕϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition ἐπὶ Βασίλ(ᾳ) πρεσ(βευτοῦ) Σεβαστός
Translation under Basila presbeutes, Augustus
Reverse design temple with six columns
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 4.58 g
Axis 3, 6, 11, 12
Reference NC 1950, 44–5, nos 4–5, Devreker 191, no. 4–5
Specimens 14 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 4–5: same obv. die.
Note Grant's description of a coin in L as NC, 1950, pp. 44–5, no. 5, is presumably a misdescription of no. 1 here. Minted at Pessinus or Tavium?
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1927,0202.5
2 2     O
3 3     C: 492-1948 (Grant)
4 4     Lindgren A1670A
5 5     Schulten Apr. 1987, lot 513
6 6     Istanbul NC 1950, 44, n. 12, with pl. II.10
7 7     Milan NC 1950, pl. II.9
8 8     Private coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     CGT coll. = Papillon 3, 29 Nov. 2020, lot 260
12 12     Bucephalus Numismatics 4, 11 Mar. 2022, lot 549
13 13     ✸ Bucephalus Numismatic Black 22, 28–30 July 2023, lot 1075
14 14     VAuctions Triskeles Sale 29, 13 Sept. 2019, lot 125