RPC I, 665

 

Image of specimen #29

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 665
Province Sicily
Region Sicily
City Assorus
Reign Roman Republic
Dating Late first century BC
Obverse inscription ASSORV
Obverse design laureate head of Apollo, right
Reverse inscription CRVSAS
Reverse design river god standing, left, with amphora and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 12
Reference Holm 758, BMC 1, Gabrici 1, FITA 191
Specimens 30 (7 in the core collections)
Note 665 and 666 are dated to c. 200 BC by Campana, ‘Sicilia: Assoros (ca. 200 a.C.)’, part of Corpus Nummorum Antiquae Italiae (Zecche minori) in Panorama Numismatico 108 (Maggio 1996), pp. 137-40). He rejects the late dating, followed by RPC, but does not explain the use of Latin at so early a date.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1
2 2     V: GR 6377
3 3     V: GR 6377
4 4     Mu: 243
5 5     Mu: 244
6 6     C McClean 2142
7 7     Palermo = Gabrici 1
8 8     Palermo = Gabrici 2
9 9     N: S 7849
10 10     N: S 4094
11 11     N: S 4095
12 12     N: S 4096
13 13     N: S 4097
14 14     N: S 4098
15 15     Mini 1
16 16     Virzi 54
17 17     Virzi 55
18 18     Virzi 56
19 19     Virzi 57
20 20     Evelpidis 452
21 21     Leu (May 1973) lot 82
22 22     NY: 1944.100.8320 SNG 1195
23 23     Kalg 415
24 24     Turin: Fabretti 1371
25 25     Calciati 1
26 26     Campana = see Calciati
27 27     Winterthur GrMW 625
28 28     CNG EA 327, 28 May 2014, lot 369
29 29     ✸ NAC 64, 17 May 2012, lot 2106
30 30     C. Jackson-Jacobs coll. (ex Lindgren II 426c = CNG EA 548, 18 Oct 2023, lot 1115 (part of), ex M. Slavin coll.)