RPC I, 4155

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4155
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Issue Year 29, cos XIII
Dating 2 BC
Obverse inscription ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ
Edition Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ
Translation of Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥΣ ΘΚ ΝΙΚΗΣ, ΥΠΑ ΙΓ (and) ΑΝΤ (in field)
Edition ἔτους θκʹ νίκης ὑπά(του) ιγʹ Ἀντ(ιοχέων)
Translation of year 29 of victory, consul for the 13th time, of the Antiochenes
Reverse design Tyche of Antioch seated, right, with palm branch; before river god Orontes
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 14.36 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Wr. 6, Prieur 54, McAlee 184
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
Note 19 coins, 6.5 obv. dies. One die shared with year 29, cos. XII.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C
2 2     J. Bajer coll. (ex Naville Live Auction 42, 22 July 2018, lot 500)
3 3     Naumann 76, 7 Apr. 2019, lot 321
4 4     Freiburg: 12266
5 5     Nomos Obolos 15, 24 May 2020, lot 690
6 6     ✸ Leu EA 13, 15 Aug. 2020, lot 954
7 7     CNG Triton XXV, 11 Jan. 2022, lot 660
8 8     FH coll., ex Demos 4, 2021, lot 503 (wrongly described)