RPC I, 4153

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4153
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Issue Year 28
Dating 4/3 BC
Obverse inscription ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ
Obverse design laureate head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥΣ ΗΚ ΝΙΚΗΣ, ΥΠΑ ΙΒ and ΑΝΤ (in field)
Reverse design Tyche of Antioch seated, right, with palm branch; before river god Orontes
Metal silver
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Reference Wr. 4, Prieur 52, McAlee 182
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Note 30 coins, 12 obv. dies. One die shared with year 27.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Sternberg VIII (1976), lot 408
2 2     ✸ NAC 94, 6 Oct. 2016, lot 77 (ex Gorny & Mosch 190, 2010, lot 413 and Nomos fixed price list 2011, 89)
3 3     Berk Buy or Bid Sale 199, 29 Sept. 2016, lot 182
4 4     Roma Numismatics EA 22, 28 Nov. 2015, lot 350
5 5     NY: 1968.57.138
6 6     Saúl Roll coll.