RPC I, 2718

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2718
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Caria
City Amyzon
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Obverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΑΜΥ[ΖΟΝΕΩΝ??]
Edition Σεβαστὸς Ἀμυζονέων
Translation Augustus, of the Amyzonians
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription ΟΠΙΝΑΣ ΜΕΝΙΠΠΟΣ
Edition Ὀπινᾶς Μένιππος
Translation Opinas Menippos
Reverse design stag standing, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 14 mm
Average weight 1.64 g
Axis 12
Reference Cop 27, Robert 38, no. 2
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Note The stag, and Artemis, occur on some of the other rare coins of Amyzon (Regling, ZfN, 1904, pp. 129–30; BMC 2)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 27
2 2     B: 18242581, 237/1880 Regling, ZfN 1904, 129
3 3     ✸ Naumann 116, 1st May 2022, lot 631