RPC I, 946


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
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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
Edition	Δροῦσος Καῖσαρ Αὐγούστου υἰὸς
Translation	Drusus Caesar, son of Augustus
Obverse design	laureate head of Drusus, right; in front, simplum; behind, lituus
Reverse inscription	ΤΙΒ ΓΕΡ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΕΣ
Edition	Τιβ(έριος) Γερ(μανικὸς) Καίσαρες
Translation	Tiberius and Germanicus Caesars
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
Average weight	13.14 g
Axis	12
Reference	BMC 49–50, Asolati 168
Specimens	17 (10 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L	BMC 49 = pl. XLIV, 7	27	15.63	12	ΔΡΟΣΟΣ	Show
2	2	L	BMC 50 = pl. XLIV, 8: rev.	27	12.92	12		Show
3	3	P		27	14.10	12	ΑΥΓΟΣΤΟΥ	Show
4	4 ✸	P		27	13.52	12		Show
5	5	P		27	10.86	12		Show
6	6	V: GR 27325		27	13.57	12		Show
7	7	V: GR 27326		27	12.47	12		Show
8	8	NY: 1944.135.222		30	13.66	12		Show
9	9		P. Villemur coll. = CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 330 (ex Dorotheum 389, 28 Feb. 1979, lot 54)	29	12.01	12		Show
10	10	Milan: Brera 709		27	14.40	12	Obv.: GIC 419 (lituus?)	Show
11	11	B: Rauch		27	12.77	12		Show
12	12	G		27	14.32	12		Show
13	13		CGT coll. ex G. Rohde coll.	28	13.81	12		Show
14	14	Boston: 62.452		28	14.58	12		Show
15	15		CNG 517, 1 June 2022, lot 452	28	5.31	12	Obv.: GIC 419 (lituus?)	Show
16	16		CNG Mail Bid 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1523		13.92	12	Obv.: GIC 419 (lituus?)	Show
17	17		Naville Numismatics 50, 23 June 2019, lot 340	28.5	15.59		Obv.: GIC 419 (lituus?)	Show