RPC I, 4541

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4541
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 AVG
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription PERMISSV SILANI
Reverse design two aquilae
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 495–6, AMC 1485
Specimens 10 (9 in the core collections)
Note The Ν is usually retrograde.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1971,0904.3
2 2     NY
3 3     NY
4 4     NY
5 5     O AMC 1485
6 6     B: Löbb.
7 7     B: 1295/1914
8 8     B: 10108
9 9     V: GR 22035 Eckhel, Antioch..., p. 56 and Tav. VI.2
10 10     ✸ P. Villemur coll. = CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 297