RPC I, 4083

 

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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.

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