RPC I, 5489

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 5489
Province Uncertain
Region Uncertain
City Uncertain
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Augustus
Obverse inscription ΚΑΙϹΑ[ ] Α (or Λ)
Obverse design laureate head, right
Reverse inscription [ ]ΑΝΙΑΣ Μ[ ]
Reverse design eagle standing, left (head right)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note It is not clear that the letter to the left of the bust of the obv. really is a letter; if it is then it seems to be an alpha or a lambda. The rev. is difficult to complete; a name like Pausanias would fit but seems rather long given the relatively large size of the letters. If M begins another word (e.g. an ethnic) then one would expect only one more letter before -anias, to guess from the space available. It is not unlike the coin tentatively attributed to Ceramus (RPC I, 2773A: Uncertain mint in Asia).
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Winterthur: G 7060 Künker 21, 16 Mar. 1992, lot 572 (tentatively attributed to Myndus)