RPC I, 2205

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2205
Province Asia
Region Uncertain
City Cistophoric mint
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Issue Sutherland group III–IV (Pergamum?)
Dating 27/26 BC
Obverse inscription IMP·CAESAR
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, left; before, lituus
Reverse inscription AVGVSTVS
Reverse design capricorn, right, with cornucopia; all in laurel wreath
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference Sutherland group IIIβ, nos 83–6, RIC 489
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).aug.489
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Note Fineness: 88.5% (Walker, Metrology I, 365–80). 6 coins, 1.5 obv. dies. One obv. die shared with 2206 (ears of corn).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     vA 6571
2 2     V: GR 38540
3 3     ✸ B: 18202460
4 4 –6     see Sutherland