RPC I, 4083

 

Image of specimen #28

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4083
Province Syria
Region Cilicia
City Uncertain colony in Cilicia
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Magistrate Ter— (duovir) ; Ve— (duovir)
Obverse inscription PRINCEPS FELIX
Edition Princeps felix
Translation fortunate prince
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription COLONIA / IVLIA, II VIR VE TER (in field)
Edition colonia Iulia IIvir Ve(—) Ter(—)
Translation Julian colony, duovir Ve(—) Ter(—)
Reverse design two humped oxen pulling plough to left
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.68 g
Axis 3, 4, 9
Reference FITA 244–5, Bellinger 199, App. 2, Seyrig, RN 1969, 49–52
Specimens 46 (11 in the core collections)
Note K. Butcher in (ed) C. S. Lightfoot, Recent Turkish Coin Hoards and Numismatic Studies (1991), p. 183 lists one example of 4082 and one of 4083 in Antakya Museum; both countermarked with branch on obverse.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Levante = SNG 598
2 2     Levante = SNG 597 = RBW ex Vecchi 1.2.1996 lot 834
3 3     L Bank 1
4 4     L: 1979,0101.2607
5 5     P: 1971/1
6 6     P: 1983/213
7 7     P: Delepierre
8 8     B: Löbb.
9 9     B: I-B GM 248/772 = AMNG, pl. XIX, 10 = Bellinger, pl. 27, App. 2
10 10     B: 11220
11 11     NY
12 12     NY
13 13     NY ANS Annual Report 1976, 13–14
14 14     Mu
15 15     PV = RBW = CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 210
16 16     JSW
17 17     Lindgren 1553
18 18     Lindgren 1554
19 19     A. Malloy XX/1984, lot 304
20 20     Harvard
21 21     Harvard
22 22     RBW (ex Lanz 66, 22 Nov. 1993, lot 415)
23 23     RBW (ex Müller 75, 17 Sept. 1993, lot 223)
24 24     RBW (ex Van der Dussen 24, 1 June 1995, lot 3953)
25 25     RBW
26 26     RBW (ex A. Malloy XLIV, 13 Jan. 1996, lot 304)
27 27     RBW
28 28     ✸ Nomos obolos 7, 9 July 2017, lot 276
29 29     Ares 4; 24 Nov. 2019, lot 1197
30 30     Zeus Auction 1, 17 Nov. 2019, lot 130
31 31     Zeus Auction 9, 20 June 2020, lot 431
32 32     CGT coll.
33 33     CGT coll.
34 34     Private coll.
35 35     Roma Numismatics EA 89, 28 Oct. 2021, lot 800
36 36     Harlan J. Berk Buy or Bid Sale 209, 5 Dec. 2019, lot 486 ex Harlan J. Berk Buy or Bid Sale 202, 26 Oct. 2017, lot 291 ex Nomos obolos 7, 9 July 2017, lot 277
37 37     Roma Numismatics EA 30, 29 Oct. 2013, lot 212
38 38     Naumann 63, 4 March 2018, lot 496
39 39     CNG 347, 25 March 2015, lot 387
40 40     CNG 239, 25 Aug. 2010, lot 328
41 41     CNG Mail bid 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1384
42 42     Gorny & Mosch 160, 9 Oct. 2007, lot 1995
43 43     Roma Numismatics EA 88, 9 Sep. 2021, lot 599
44 44     Savoca 81st Blue, 18 July 2020, lot 819
45 45     Zeus EA 18, 27 June 2021, lot 369
46 46     priv Coll H.I.