RPC I, 4328

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4328
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Seleucia
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Issue Year 114 (ΙΔΡ)
Dating AD 6
Obverse inscription ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ
Obverse design laureate head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΥ, Α Η (to. l. and r.), ΙΔΡ (under throne)
Reverse design thunderbolt on throne, within wreath
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference BMC 32, AMC 180, Walker, Metrology I, 701–2
Specimens 13 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 5–6: same obv. die.
Note 8 coins, ?7 obv. dies. There are many plated coins of this type: P 1356-7, G 29, Sternberg 1976, 705, and Butcher coll. (most of these have traces of silvering, so the possibility that there was intended to be a bronze issue with the same types can be excluded).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 32
2 2     O AMC 180
3 3     P: 1354
4 4     NY: 1944.100.66589
5 5     NY: 1944.100.66588
6 6     Amsterdam: 7923
7 7     V: GR 21827
8 8     Kress 122, lot 448
9 9     B: 18241377
10 10     B: 18241378
11 11     CGT coll. = Roma Numismatics E-sale 47, 28 June 2018, lot 448
12 12     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 87, 29 July 2021, lot 488
13 13     Brisbane