RPC I, 3908

 

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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 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 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

Number Number 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