RPC I, 4328

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4328
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Seleucia
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Issue Year 114 (ΙΔΡ)
Dating AD 6
Obverse inscription ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ
Edition Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ
Translation of Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΥ, Α Η (to. l. and r.), ΙΔΡ (under throne)
Edition Σελευκέων τῆς ἱερᾶς καὶ αὐτονόμου ΑΗ ιδρʹ
Translation of the sacred and autonomous (city) of the Seleucians, A H(?), (year) 114
Reverse design thunderbolt on throne, within wreath
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 14.89 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference BMC 32, AMC 180, Walker, Metrology I, 701–2
Specimens 13 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 5–6: same obv. die.
Note 8 coins, ?7 obv. dies. There are many plated coins of this type: P 1356-7, G 29, Sternberg 1976, 705, and Butcher coll. (most of these have traces of silvering, so the possibility that there was intended to be a bronze issue with the same types can be excluded).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 32
2 2     O AMC 180
3 3     P: 1354
4 4     NY: 1944.100.66589
5 5     NY: 1944.100.66588
6 6     Amsterdam: 7923
7 7     V: GR 21827
8 8     Kress 122, lot 448
9 9     B: 18241377
10 10     B: 18241378
11 11     CGT coll. = Roma Numismatics E-sale 47, 28 June 2018, lot 448
12 12     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 87, 29 July 2021, lot 488
13 13     Brisbane