RPC I, 3908

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3908
Province Cyprus
Region Cyprus
City Uncertain mint(s) on Cyprus
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Person (rev.) Gaius (Caesar)
Dating AD 1
Obverse inscription AVGVST TRIB POT PONT MAX
Edition Augustus Tribunicia Potestate Pontifex Maximus August(us) Trib(unicia) Pot(estate) Pont(ifex) Max(imus)
Translation Augustus, with tribunician power, chief priest
Obverse design laureate head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription C CAESAR AVG F PONT COS
Edition Gaius Caesar Augusti filius Pontifex Consul G(aius) Caesar Aug(usti) f(ilius) Pont(ifex) Co(n)s(ul)
Translation Gaius Caesar, son of Augustus, priest, consul
Reverse design bare head of Gaius Caesar, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.91 g
Axis 12
Reference Amandry 3a, Parks 6
Specimens 7 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–4: same obv. die as 3909/4. 2: same obv. die as 3909/1–3, 3910/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18238688, 28847
2 2     L: 1908,0408.11
3 3     L: 1923,1105.34 NC 1924, pl. II
4 4     B: 18238690, 633/1902
5 5     ✸ V: GR 19317
6 6     NY: 1952.142.275
7 7     CNG 509, 9 Feb. 2022, lot 362