RPC I, 652

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 652
Province Sicily
Region Sicily
City Segesta
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Dating before 21 BC (?)
Obverse inscription ΕΓΕΣΤΑΙΩΝ
Edition Ἐγεσταίων
Translation of the Egestaeans
Obverse design head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription
Reverse design Aeneas carrying palladium and Anchises, left; above, crescent; behind, eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 9.30 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Holm 747, Gabrici 93–4, BMC 65–6
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)
Note See Martini, Sicilia nos. 105-110a; for dating see K. Korhonen, C. Soraci, Forme amministrative e scelte linguistiche nelle epigrafi e nelle monete della Sicilia romana, «Gerión», 37/1, 2019, 109-111: https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/GERI/article/view/63870
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 65
2 2     L BMC 66
3 3     ✸ P: 1059
4 4     C McClean 2569
5 5     Palermo = Gabrici 93
6 6     Palermo = Gabrici 94
7 7     Calciati 61
8 8     Turin Fabretti 1631
9 9     Naville Numismatics 19, 13 Dec. 2015, lot 114
10 10     NY: 2008.29.7
11 11     CNG EA 555, 7 Feb. 2024, lot 336 (ex CNG 61, 25 Sep. 2002, lot 150)