RPC I, 5419

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 5419
Province Uncertain
Region Uncertain
City Uncertain
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Obverse inscription AVGVST TR PO[T]
Edition August(us) tr(ibunicia) pot(estate)
Translation Augustus, with tribunician power
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, left
Reverse inscription 𐤔𐤍𐤕 III [ ]
Edition 𐤔𐤍𐤕 III [---]
Translation of year 3 [---]
Reverse design diademed head, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.14 g
Axis 12
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
Note The rev. legend (?) is clearer on 2. Presumably from Syria: as well as provenance, compare the obv. with the coinage of Antioch (e.g., 4248). Both coins schown by Barag are from the same dies as the Glasgow piece (5419/2); 2-3 clearly have the aramaic legend shin nun taf (i.e. year) III followed by another character which might be aten, but might be something else. Probably not Nabatean (fabric, inscription). Cf. parallel of Zenodorus at Chalcis.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1972/1341-4
2 2     G Hunter 738, no. 62, pl. CII.28 = SNG 4983
3 3     Shown by Barag, 22 June 1991
4 4     Shown by Barag
5 5     CNG EA 400, 28 June 2017, lot 542
6 6     CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 661
7 7     ✸ Roma Numismatics XXII, 8 Oct. 2021, lot 527