RPC I, 946

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 946
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Cyrenaica
City Cyrenaica
Reign Tiberius
Person (rev.) Germanicus ; Tiberius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΔΡΟ(Υ)ΣΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΑΥΓΟ(Υ)ΣΤΟΥ ΥΙΟΣ
Obverse design laureate head of Drusus, right; in front, simplum; behind, lituus
Reverse inscription ΤΙΒ ΓΕΡ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΕΣ
Reverse design bare heads of the twins Tiberius (on left) and Germanicus (on right) face to face
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 12
Reference BMC 49–50, Asolati 168
Specimens 17 (10 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 49 = pl. XLIV, 7
2 2     L BMC 50 = pl. XLIV, 8: rev.
3 3     P
4 4     ✸ P
5 5     P
6 6     V: GR 27325
7 7     V: GR 27326
8 8     NY: 1944.135.222
9 9     P. Villemur coll. = CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 330 (ex Dorotheum 389, 28 Feb. 1979, lot 54)
10 10     Milan: Brera 709
11 11     B: Rauch
12 12     G
13 13     CGT coll. ex G. Rohde coll.
14 14     Boston: 62.452
15 15     CNG 517, 1 June 2022, lot 452
16 16     CNG Mail Bid 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1523
17 17     Naville Numismatics 50, 23 June 2019, lot 340