RPC I, 3731

 

Image of specimen #34

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3731
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Olba
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Magistrate Aiax (high priest and toparch) ; Diodoros
Issue Year 5
Dating AD 14/15–16/17
Obverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Obverse design laureate head of Tiberius, right
Reverse inscription ΚΕΝΝΑΤΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΛΑΛΑΣΣΕΩΝ, ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΩΣ ΑΙΑΝΤΟΣ ΤΟΠΑΡΧΟΥ ΕΠΙ ΔΙΟΔΩ, ΕΤ Ε
Reverse design thunderbolt
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 8, 9
Reference Staffieri 18–23
Specimens 35 (28 in the core collections)
Note On one die (vA 5790) the rev. legend reads ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΩΣ ΑΙΑΝΤΟΣ ΤΕΥΚΡΟΥ ΤΕΥΚΡΟΥ ΤΟΠΑΡΧΟΥ: this is presumably just a die engraver's mistake (pace Staffieri, p. 32, n. 3).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1961,0301.396
2 2     L BMC 12
3 3     L BMC 13
4 4     L BMC 14
5 5     L BMC 15
6 6     L BMC 16
7 7     L BMC 17
8 8     L: 1979,0101.2616 SNG vA 5790
9 9     L: 1961,0301.397
10 10     V: GR 27974
11 11     Mu
12 12     Mu
13 13     Mu
14 14     O
15 15     O
16 16     O
17 17     O
18 18     P: 857
19 19     P: 858
20 20     P: 859
21 21     P: 860
22 22     P: 861
23 23     P: de Ricci
24 24     P: de Ricci
25 25     P: de Ricci
26 26     P: de Ricci
27 27     Cop SNG 193
28 28     Cop SNG 194
29 29     Levante 637 = CNG MBS 64, 24 Sept. 2003, lot 672
30 30     Levante 638 = CNG EA 90, 26 May 2004, lot 247
31 31     Levante 639
32 32     Freiburg: 12095
33 33     Freiburg: 12096
34 34     ✸ Peus 410-411, 31 Oct. 2013, lot 727
35 35     Boston: 63.2956