RPC I, 2698

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2698
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Τιβέριος Καῖσαρ Τιβέριος Καῖσαρ
Translation Tiberius Caesar
Obverse design laureate head of Tiberius, right
Reverse inscription ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ, ΧΑΡ (to l.)
Edition Μαγνήτων ΧΑΡ Μαγνήτων ΧΑΡ
Translation of the Magnetes, ΧΑΡ(?)
Reverse design Nike on globe, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.89 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Schultz 22–5
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
Note 1 example (B) found at Magnesia in Ionia. The monogram presumably stands for a personal name. Countermark: laurel branch (GIC 349, 'owl (?) facing, wings open': B 1653/1917 = Schultz 25). The other coin cited by Howgego under this entry, a coin in B found at Priene, seems unconnected.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: B-I
2 2 –4     see Schultz
5 5     V: Nicopolis 11899
6 6     Savoca EA 25 Silver, 16 Sept. 2018, lot 470
7 7     Naumann 97, Plankenhorn coll., 6 Dec. 2020, lot 1074
8 8     CGT coll. ex G. Rohde coll.
9 9     ✸ priv Coll H.I.