RPC I, 4812

 

Image of specimen #20

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4812
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Gadara
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Dating AD 28/9
Obverse inscription ΤΙΒΕΡΙω ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ
Edition Τιβερίῳ Καίσαρι
Translation to Tiberius Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Tiberius, right; to right, palm branch
Reverse inscription ΓΑΔΑΡΕΙΣ L ϘΒ
Edition Γαδαρεῖς (ἔτους) ϙβʹ
Translation the Gadarenes, of year 92
Reverse design veiled head of Tyche, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.81 g
Axis 12
Reference Spijkerman 11
Specimens 21 (9 in the core collections)
Note The Rosenberger catalogue records the same type for years 90 and 91 (nos 13 and 14), but the readings do not seem certain.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.69338 SNG 1291
2 2     NY: 1944.100.69339 SNG 1292
3 3     NY: 1961.154.190 SNG 1293
4 4     L BMC 1
5 5     L: 1908,0110.2442
6 6     L: 1908,0110.2443
7 7     P: 280
8 8     P: Chandon 974
9 9     V: GR 21969
10 10     Lindgren A2205A
11 11     J-SBF Spijkerman 11
12 12     J-SBF Spijkerman 11
13 13     J-SBF Spijkerman 11
14 14     J-SBF Spijkerman 11
15 15     see Rosenberger 15
16 16     see Rosenberger 15
17 17     see Rosenberger 15
18 18     Münster: 1491
19 19     IMJ Sofaer 10
20 20     ✸ M. Richter coll.
21 21     Priapus Numismatics 7, 12 Jan. 2025, lot 219 (ex Naville 60, 27 Sep. 2020, lot 165)