RPC I, 4542

 

Image of specimen #20

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4542
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Augustus
Magistrate Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus Silanus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating c. AD 12/14
Obverse inscription
Obverse design eagle on fulmen, left
Reverse inscription SILANVS P, AVG
Edition Silanus p(ropraetore?) Aug(ustus)
Translation Silanus propraetor, Augustus
Reverse design
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 2.69 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rouvier 494
Specimens 21 (10 in the core collections)
Note For the interpretation of the rev. legend, see introduction.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY
2 2     NY
3 3     NY
4 4     L: 1966,0204.546
5 5     P
6 6     P: Chandon 723
7 7     P: Chandon 724
8 8     B: I-B
9 9     B: Löbb.
10 10     B: Fox
11 11     Beirut-AUB Baramki 27
12 12     Beirut-AUB Baramki 28
13 13     Beirut-AUB Baramki 29
14 14 –17     see Rouvier
18 18     CGT coll.
19 19     CGT coll. = Pecunem 19, 6 July 2014, lot 460
20 20     ✸ CNG EA 181, P. Villemur coll., 6 Feb. 2008, lot 298
21 21     VCoins Pavlos S. Pavlou, Nov. 2023, SKU: RPC2412