RPC I, 4540

 

Image of specimen #37

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4540
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Magistrate Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus Silanus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating c. AD 12/14
Obverse inscription IMP CAESAR AVGVSTVS
Edition Imperator Caesar Augustus Imp(erator) Caesar Augustus
Translation Emperor Caesar Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription COL IVL
Edition colonia Iulia col(onia) Iul(ia)
Translation Julian colony
Reverse design veiled figure ploughing, left, with two oxen
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.71 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rouvier 491–2, BMC 52, AMC 1482
Specimens 40 (24 in the core collections)
Note For the association of this type with the coins of Silanus, see introduction.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 53
2 2     L BMC 52
3 3     L BMC 54
4 4     P Bab 1196
5 5     P: Seyrig
6 6     O AMC 1482
7 7     O AMC 1483
8 8     O AMC 1484
9 9     NY
10 10     NY
11 11     NY
12 12     NY
13 13     NY
14 14     NY
15 15     NY
16 16     NY
17 17     B: Löbb.
18 18     B: Löbb.
19 19     B: I-B
20 20     B: 921/1904
21 21     Mu: 921
22 22     Mu: 1904
23 23     V: GR 27315
24 24     V: GR 27316
25 25     Beirut-AUB Baramki 30
26 26     Beirut-AUB Baramki 31
27 27     Beirut-AUB Baramki 32
28 28     Beirut-AUB Baramki 33
29 29     Beirut-AUB Baramki 34
30 30 –33     see Rouvier
34 34     Spink (1985)
35 35     Leeds-UL: 1254
36 36     Leeds-UL: 1255
37 37     ✸ Leeds-UL: 1256
38 38     Leeds-UL: 1257
39 39     Münster: M 1492
40 40     M. Cressman coll.