RPC I, 4542

 

Image of specimen #20

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4542
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Augustus
Magistrate Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus Silanus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating c. AD 12/14
Obverse inscription
Obverse design eagle on fulmen, left
Reverse inscription SILANVS P, AVG
Edition Silanus p(ropraetor?) Aug(ustus)
Translation Silanus propraetor, Augustus
Reverse design
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 2.69 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 494
Specimens 21 (10 in the core collections)
Note For the interpretation of the rev. legend, see introduction.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY
2 2     NY
3 3     NY
4 4     L: 1966,0204.546
5 5     P
6 6     P: Chandon 723
7 7     P: Chandon 724
8 8     B: I-B
9 9     B: Löbb.
10 10     B: Fox
11 11     Beirut-AUB Baramki 27
12 12     Beirut-AUB Baramki 28
13 13     Beirut-AUB Baramki 29
14 14 –17     see Rouvier
18 18     CGT coll.
19 19     CGT coll. = Pecunem 19, 6 July 2014, lot 460
20 20     ✸ CNG EA 181, P. Villemur coll., 6 Feb. 2008, lot 298
21 21     VCoins Pavlos S. Pavlou, Nov. 2023, SKU: RPC2412