RPC I, 3909


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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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	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	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.

Number	Number	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