RPC III, 655

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 655
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Amphipolis
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Sabina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Nominative Sabina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Sabina wearing stephane, left; in front, crescent with pellet
Reverse inscription ΑΜΦΙΠΟΛΕΙΤωΝ
Reverse design Amphipolis turreted seated left, holding patera in extended right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6
Reference BMC 103, Varbanov 3186–7
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 103
2 2     SNG Evelpidis 1171
3 3     B: v. Knobelsdorf
4 4     B: 186/1926
5 5     Lindgren II, 987
6 6     Lanz 80, 26 May 1997, lot 397
7 7     CNG EA 216, 12 Aug. 2009, lot 328
8 8     CGT coll., ex eBay aah-usa
9 9     ✸ Savoca Online Auction 41 Silver, 23 Feb. 2020, lot 191 = Coins Pars Coins Sale 12, 1 Feb. 2021, lot 161 (but catalogued as a pseudo-autonomous coin from Marcianopolis!)