RPC I, 659

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 659
Province Sicily
Region Sicily
City Agrigentum
Reign Augustus
Obverse inscription
Obverse design triskeles with gorgon face
Reverse inscription AGRIGENT
Reverse design in wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Axis 12
Reference Holm 735a, FITA 191
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same rev. die.
Note Reign uncertain. It seems that the legend originally read GENTINE(?) (for AGRIGENTINE?); this was subsequently recut to AGRIGENT.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.8282 SNG 1149
2 2     P: 162 Salinas 350
3 3     O SNG 1688
4 4     B: I-B
5 5     B: I-B
6 6     Calciati 155
7 7     ✸ Bertolami 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 8