RPC I, 3909


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/3909 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	I
Number	3909
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 PRINC IVVENT
Edition	Gaius Caesar Augusti filius princeps iuventutis G(aius) Caesar Aug(usti) f(ilius) princ(eps) iuvent(utis)
Translation	Gaius Caesar, son of Augustus, leader of the youth
Reverse design	bare head of Gaius Caesar, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	26 mm
Average weight	8.59 g
Axis	12
Reference	Amandry 3b, Parks 6
Specimens	7 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links	1–3: same obv. die as 3908/2, 3910/1–2. 4: same obv. die as 3908/1, 3–4.

#	Specimen	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸		P. Villemur coll. = CNG Triton XI, 8 Jan. 2008, lot 505 = Aureo and Calico 310, 30 May 2018, lot 1023	25	7.54	12	Show
2	2	L: 1923,1105.33	NC 1924, 14, no. 25		8.11		Show
3	3	P			9.29		Show
4	4	B: 18238693, Gansauge		25	8.48	12	Show
5	5	NY: 1944.100.62157			10.18	12	Show
6	6	NY: 1944.100.62158			9.11	12	Show
7	7		Heritage Auctions Europe / MPO Auctions 38, 15 May 2013, lot 172	27	7.43		Show