RPC I, 2468

 

Image of specimen #18

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2468
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Magistrate Koronos
Dating c. AD 4/14
Obverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΝ
Edition Σεβαστὸν
Translation for Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription ΚΟΡΩΝΟΣ ΖΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition Κόρωνος Ζμυρναίων
Translation Koronos of the Smyrnaeans
Reverse design capricorn, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 14 mm
Average weight 3.08 g
Axis 12
Reference Klose XXII C corr.
Specimens 19 (1 in the core collections)
Note 1 obv. and 2 rev. dies. The inscription on the obv. is in the accusative case, as on the larger denomination of Koronos.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.47008
2 2 –16     see Klose
17 17     Naumann 51, 5 Mar. 2017, lot 339
18 18     ✸ Naumann 97, Plankenhorn coll., 6 Dec. 2020, lot 1385
19 19     CGT coll. = Lydia EA 10, 28 Aug. 2021, lot 459