RPC I, 4382

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4382
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Laodicea ad Mare
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Augustus (Divus)
Obverse inscription ΘΕΟΥ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΥ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ, ΦΙ
Edition θεοῦ Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ ΦΙ(—)
Translation of the divine Caesar Augustus, PHI(?)
Obverse design radiate head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ, ΛΙ(?)
Edition Ἰουλιέων τῶν καὶ Λαοδικέων λιʹ
Translation of the Julians, also called Laodiceans, (year) 31
Reverse design veiled bust of Tyche, right
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 13.57 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 31, Walker, Metrology I, 698, Prieur 1102
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–3: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die.
Note 93.5%. The date of the coins is not sure. Walker, Metrology I, p. 81, n. 43, thought they were perhaps Neronian, and indeed some Neronian tetradrachms also have ΦΙ before the obv. bust; but the coins have a very high relief which is a feature of the coins of Augustus, but not of the coins of Nero which are much flatter.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 31
2 2     NY Hamburger 11.6.1930, lot 452
3 3     C Florange 1926, lot 46 = SNG 5955
4 4     MMAG 38 (1984), lot 355
5 5     ✸ B: 18241252
6 6     CNG 111, Prieur coll., 29 May 2019, lot 551