RPC I, 4246

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4246
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Issue year 27 (ΖΚ)
Dating 5/4 BC
Obverse inscription ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ
Edition Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ
Translation of Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription S C
Edition s(enatus) c(onsulto)
Translation by decree of the senate
Reverse design inscription in a laurel wreath of eight leaves
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 14.74 g
Axis 12
Reference Howgego, NC 1982, pl. 3,1, FITA 98–9 I, Wr. 13, McAlee 205
Specimens 12 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P
2 2     C FITA, pl. III.15
3 3     B: 18215604
4 4     Milan: 457
5 5     Princeton: Antioch excavations
6 6     McAlee coll.
7 7     Savoca Blue 1, 23 Sept. 2017, lot 890
8 8     ✸ Elsen 98, 13 Dec. 2008, lot 595
9 9     P under Edessa
10 10     P
11 11     Dura 1604g (pl. 32)
12 12     Demos 35, 22–23 June 2024, lot 867