RPC I, 642


Image of specimen #39

Coin type
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Volume	I
Number	642
Province	Sicily
Region	Sicily
City	Panormus
Reign	Tiberius
Person (obv.)	Tiberius (Augustus)
Person (rev.)	Livia (Augusta)
Issue	Tiberius (?) and Livia(?)
Obverse inscription	PANORMITANORVM
Edition	Panormitanorum
Translation	of the Panormitans
Obverse design	bare head of Tiberius, right
Reverse inscription	AVGVS
Edition	Augus(tus)
Translation	Augustus
Reverse design	veiled female head of Livia, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	19 mm
Average weight	8.96 g
Axis	2, 6, 11, 12
Reference	Holm 743, Gabrici 325–31, BMC 44, Grant APT no. 13, Cop 562
Specimens	38 (10 in the core collections)
Note	See S. Frey-Kupper, ‘Germanicus und Drusus auf einer Münze von Panormos’, Schweizer Münzblätter 164 (1991), pp. 90-95, on RPC I, 5452 and its dating to AD 14-19. She interprets this coins as a half denomination corresponding to RPC 642-3, which can therefore be safely identified as Tiberius and Livia. -- See Martini, Sicilia nos. 326-94, with more countermarks. -- On coin 32, the two ears of corn are clear on ‘Livia/Demeter’ head on the reverse.Reverse legend upwards l. or r.
Correction	Corrected coin-type (post publication)

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Specimens of this coin type

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L	BMC 44	19	9.99			Show
2	2	O	AMC 1088	19	9.30		'Demeter'	Show
3	3	NY: 1944.100.10092	SNG 572	19	7.94	6		Show
4	4	V: GR 6720		19	7.60		Obv.: GIC 286 (temple with four columns)	Show
5	5	V: GR 6721		19	9.90			Show
6	6	Cop	SNG 562	19	6.66			Show
7	7	Cop	SNG 563	19	9.39		Obv.: GIC 286 (temple with four columns)	Show
8	8		Palermo = Gabrici 235	19	8.60			Show
9	9		Palermo = Gabrici 236	19	10.72			Show
10	10		Palermo = Gabrici 236	19	8.17			Show
11	11		Palermo = Gabrici 236	19	7.22			Show
12	12		Palermo = Gabrici 236	19	7.65			Show
13	13		Palermo = Gabrici 236	19	10.36			Show
14	14		Palermo = Gabrici 236	19	9.24			Show
15	15		JWS	19	9.43			Show
16	16		Virzi 1338	19				Show
17	17		Mini 27	19	7.48			Show
18	18	P: 1002		19	10.28			Show
19	19	P: 1003		19	9.28			Show
20	20	Cop	SNG 560	19	14.02			Show
23	23	N: 4754		19				Show
24	24	N: 4755		19				Show
25	25		Calciati 37	19	9.01		Obv.: GIC 399.1 (cornucopia(?) or dolphin(?) (sometimes on reverse) (no image in GIC)) ; for countermark cf. Gabrici 312	Show
26	26		Calciati 37	19	8.30			Show
27	27		Mini 27	19	7.48			Show
28	28		PV	19				Show
29	29	Bern: R4984		19	8.82			Show
30	30	Winterthur	GrMW 827	19	7.82			Show
31	31	Winterthur	GrMW 828	19	10.01			Show
32	32		Art Coins Roma 8, 3 Feb. 2004, lot 467		9.39			Show
33	33		CGT coll. = Naville Numismatic 21, 20 March 2016, lot 129	21	9.85	12	Obv.: GIC — (B (in circular punch))	Show
34	34		CGT coll. = Savoca EMAX Auction 6, 27 Dec. 2015, lot 322	21	9.59	12	Rev.: GIC 426 (plough?)	Show
35	35		Bertolami Fine Arts EA 77, 1 Dec. 2019, lot 1076	22	8.50	11	reverse legend behind Livia's head	Show
36	36		CGT coll. = Naville Numismatic 14, 12 April 2015, lot 141	23	7.06	6	Obv.: GIC — (Uncertain - could be a monogram (AMK?) or pattern?) Rev.: GIC 426 (plough?)	Show
37	37		CGT coll.	20	7.80	6		Show
38	38		CGT coll. = Roma Numismatics EAuction 3, 30 Nov. 2013, lot 326	22	8.06	6		Show
39	39 ✸		Nomisma EA 22, 29 Apr. 2021, lot 74		8.43			Show
41	41		Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions EA 32, 11 Jan 2016, lot 214	20	11.33	2	Obv.: GIC 426 (plough?)	Show