RPC I, 5438

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 5438
Province Uncertain
Region Uncertain
City Uncertain
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Agrippa Postumus
Obverse inscription AGRIPPA [ ]
Edition Agrippa [---]
Translation Agrippa [---]
Obverse design bare head of Agrippa Postumus (?), left
Reverse inscription
Reverse design Nike advancing, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 3.27 g
Axis 9
Reference FITA 283
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note Attributed by Grant, FITA, to Pella, but see p. 296. The coin is suspiciously reminiscent of coins of Thessalonica (of Antonia and Agrippina II: see 1582-4, 1604), and one wonders if it may not have been altered from a similar piece. Compare also 5459.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: Incertaines