RPC I, 670

 

Image of specimen #21

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 670
Province Sicily
Region Sicily
City Uncertain Sicilian mint
Reign Augustus
Magistrate Balbus (duovir) ; Sept(imius?) (duovir) ; Lucius Seius (proconsul)
Issue Late Augustan/Tiberian (?)
Obverse inscription L SEIO PRO COS, D D
Edition L(ucio) Seio pro Co(n)s(ule) d(ecreto) d(ecurionum)
Translation (under) Lucius Seius proconsul, by decree of the decurions
Obverse design inscription
Reverse inscription SEPT ET BALB IIVIR
Edition Sept(imius?) et Balb(us) IIvir(i)
Translation Septimius(?) and Balbus, duovirs
Reverse design triskeles with gorgon head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.67 g
Axis 3, 12
Reference Bahrfeld no. 79, Gabrici 123, BMC 13, FITA 197
Specimens 22 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC p. 128, 13
2 2 –7     see Bahrefeldt
8 8     Cop SNG 1062
9 9     Palermo = Gabrici 123
10 10     Palermo = Gabrici 124
11 11     Palermo = Gabrici 125
12 12     Palermo = Gabrici 126
13 13     Palermo = Gabrici 127
14 14     PV
15 15     Mini Panormus 186
16 16     NY: 1944.100.10122 SNG 610
17 17     Evelpidis 712
18 18     Bern: R4279
19 19     Winterthur GrMW 1059
20 20     Weber 1499
21 21     ✸ Naville Numismatics 16, 12 July 2015, lot 108
22 22     CGT coll. = Roma Numismatics Auction IV, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 1994