RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 65876)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 65876)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Pescennius Niger
Person (obv.) Pescennius Niger (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) C(aius) Pesc(ennius) Niger Iust(us) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Pescennius Niger Justus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Pescennius Niger, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧΙ ΕΞ(Ο) ΥΠΑΤΟϹ (ΕΤ Α)
Edition δήμαρχι(κῆς) ἐξο(υσίας) ὕπατος ἔτ(ους) αʹ
Translation holder of the tribunitian power, consul, of the first year
Reverse design Mount Argaeus, surmounted by star
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 2.69 g
Axis 1, 11
Reference S —; Bland et al., p. 80, no. 1; Ganschow 331a-b
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ P: 1973.1.360
    Bordeaux D. Nony, 'Le Monnayage de Pescennius Niger à Césarée de Cappadoce', Latomus 30, 2 (1971), pl. VII, nos 3–4
    CNG 120, 11 May 2022, lot 652
    Henseler 669 = Hauck & Aufhäuser 20, 16 Oct. 2007, lot 360