RPC I, 5087

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 5087
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Issue LϚ = year 6
Dating AD 19/20
Obverse inscription
Obverse design bare head of Tiberius, right
Reverse inscription ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΥ, L Ϛ
Edition Τιβέριου (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation of Tiberius, of year 6
Reverse design hippopotamus, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 4.18 g
Specimens 4 (7 in the core collections)
Note Tiberius is bare head (see CNG EA 274, lot 286). All of 5075, 5078, 5082, 5085 and 5087 should be bare.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A Short coll. = Dattari 103 = Naville Numismatics 43, 23 Sept. 2018, lot 250
2 2     O: HCR33921 M 37b
3 3     ✸ L: 1888,0403.1 BMC 59
4 4     Naville Numismatics 43, 23 Sept. 2018, lot 219