RPC I, 4541

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4541
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Magistrate Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus Silanus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating c. AD 12/14
Obverse inscription IMP AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription PERMISSV SILANI
Edition permissu Silani
Translation by permission of Silanus
Reverse design two aquilae
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 4.37 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 495–6, AMC 1485
Specimens 10 (9 in the core collections)
Note The Ν is usually retrograde.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1971,0904.3
2 2     NY
3 3     NY
4 4     NY
5 5     O AMC 1485
6 6     B: Löbb.
7 7     B: 1295/1914
8 8     B: 10108
9 9     V: GR 22035 Eckhel, Antioch..., p. 56 and Tav. VI.2
10 10     ✸ P. Villemur coll. = CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 297