RPC I, 4544

 

Image of specimen #15

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4544
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Magistrate Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus Silanus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating c. AD 14/16
Obverse inscription TI CAESAR AVGVST F IMPERAT VII
Obverse design bare head of Tiberius, right
Reverse inscription PERM SIL
Reverse design two aquilae
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 504, BMC 67
Specimens 15 (9 in the core collections)
Note The reading VII is clear on 3 and 13.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY
2 2     L BMC 67
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     B: Löbb.
6 6     NY
7 7     NY
8 8     Mu: 14a
9 9     P Bab 1203
10 10 –12     see Rouvier
13 13     Schulten (Oct. 1985), lot 287 = Lanz 94 (Benz), 22 Nov. 1999, lot 158
14 14     Leeds-UL: 1259
15 15     ✸ NAC 78, 26 May 2014, lot 824