RPC I, 4316

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4316
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Otho
Person (obv.) Otho (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Licinius Mucianus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Issue year 117
Dating AD 69
Obverse inscription IMP M OTHO CAE AVG
Edition Imp(erator) M(arcus) Otho Cae(sar) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Marcus Otho Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Otho, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΜΟΥΚΙΑΝΟΥ·ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΕΤ·ΖΙΡ
Edition ἐπὶ Μουκιανοῦ Ἀντιοχέων ἔτ(ους) ζιρʹ
Translation under Mucianus, of the Antiochenes, year 117
Reverse design inscription in five lines in a laurel wreath of eight leaves
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.20 g
Axis 12
Reference McAlee 317
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)
Note obverse legend clockwise

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 259 Wa 7260
2 2     V: GR 21355
3 3     G SNG 2854
4 4     Mu
5 5     B: 18257572, Fox
6 6     Gemini VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 787 = Israel Numismatic Research 1, 2006, pp. 97–9, fig. 1
7 7     R. Effler coll. (ex CNG EA 525, 19 Oct. 2022, lot 670)
8 8     ✸ Bucephalus Numismatic 18, 20–21 Apr. 2023, lot 359
9 9     Matthew Cressman Coll.