RPC I, 658

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 658
Province Sicily
Region Sicily
City Agrigentum
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Person (rev.) Agrippa
Obverse inscription ΑΚΡΑΓΑΝΤΙΝΩΝ
Edition Ἀκραγαντίνων
Translation of the Agrigentines
Obverse design head (of Augustus?), right
Reverse inscription ΑΚΡΑΓΑΝΤΙΝΩΝ
Edition Ἀκραγαντίνων
Translation of the Agrigentines
Reverse design head (of Agrippa?), right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 8.50 g
Axis 6
Reference Holm 736, BMC 165
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Note A similar coin in Manchester (7.28) seems to have been altered to have legends reading M ΛΕΠΙΔΟΣ[ and [ ]KAIΣΑΡ, though it is not definitely a specimen of this issue.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 165
2 2     Milan: Arslan 147 Salinas 341
3 3     NY: 2015.20.551 RBW ex Superior, 6 Nov. 1994