RPC I, 1557

 

Image of specimen #28

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1557
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Issue Bare-headed portrait
Obverse inscription ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός
Translation Caesar Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝ(Ε)ΙΚΕΩΝ
Edition Θεσσαλονεικέων
Translation of the Thessalonians
Reverse design in two lines within wreath
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 8.31 g
Reference Touratsoglou, Augustus 57–77 (c. 27 BC and later)
Specimens 28 (26 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1958,0304.97
2 2     L BMC 70
3 3 –26     L see Touratsoglou
27 27     Turin: Fabretti 2389
28 28     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 216, 15 Oct. 2013, lot 2711 (ex GHorny and Mosch 212, 5 Mar. 2013, lot 2385)