RPC I, 4544

 

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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
Edition Ti(berius) Caesar August(i) f(ilius) Imperat(or) VII
Translation Tiberius Caesar, son of Augustus, Imperator for the seventh time
Obverse design bare head of Tiberius, right
Reverse inscription PERM SIL
Edition perm(issu) Sil(ani)
Translation by permission of Silanus
Reverse design two aquilae
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 10.19 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 504, BMC 67
Specimens 15 (9 in the core collections)
Note The reading VII is clear on 3 and 13.
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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