RPC I, 4159

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4159
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Issue Years 42 and 60
Dating AD 12
Obverse inscription ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ
Edition Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ
Translation of Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ, ΒΜ (and) Ξ ΑΥΤ (in field)
Edition Ἀντιοχέων μητροπόλεως βμʹ ξʹ αὐτ(οκρατωρ)
Translation of the metropolis of the Antiochenes, (year) 42, (year) 60, dictator
Reverse design Tyche of Antioch seated, right, with palm branch; before river god Orontes
Metal silver
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 14.20 g
Axis 2, 12
Reference BMC 149, AMC 1435, Prieur 58, McAlee 188
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 149
2 2     O AMC 1435 (ex Seaby Bull., May 1972, A324
3 3     Kovacs 2 (1977), lot 56
4 4     Auctiones 8 (1978), lot 480
5 5     McAlee coll.
6 6     Peus 426, 16 June 2020, lot 341
7 7     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 18, 27 June 2015, lot 595
8 8     Berk Buy or Bid Sale 200, 19 Jan. 2017, lot 233
9 9     NY: 1984.97.234