RPC I, 2257

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2257
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Mysia
City Parium
Reign Roman Republic
Magistrate Gaius Matuinus (aedile) ; Titus Anicius (aedile)
Issue Julius Caesar
Dating c. 45 BC (?)
Obverse inscription C G P I
Obverse design plough; beneath, ear of corn
Reverse inscription T ANICIO C MATVINO AED
Reverse design inscription in three lines
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Axis 8, 12
Reference MG 251, no. 124
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
Note Corr: No specimen was known except for the one cited by I-B, MG 251, n° 124, quoted from Sestini, Lett. num. III, p. 21, n° 1 and pl. I, 7. The description of the drawing of the coin on pl. I, 7 is as follows: CGPI (not CGIP)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Sestini, Lett. num. III, pl. I, 17 = MG 251, no. 124
2 2     RBW
3 3     P: 2013/490
4 4     Agora Numismatic Auction 91, 10 Sept. 2019, lot 60
5 5     Naumann 78, 2 June 2019, lot 491
6 6     Josef Neuner coll.
7 7     Leu EA 27, Plankenhorn coll., 9 Sept. 2023, lot 1134
8 8     ✸ Leu EA 27, Plankenhorn coll., 9 Sept. 2023, lot 1135