RPC I, 2894

 

Image of specimen #20

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2894
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Laodicea ad Lycum
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Magistrate Zeuxis philalethes
Dating c. 15 BC
Obverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition Σεβαστός
Translation Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Augustus, right; before, lituus
Reverse inscription ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΖΕΥΞΙΣ ΦΙΛΑΛΗΘΗΣ
Edition Λαοδικέων Ζεῦξις φιλαλήθης
Translation of the Laodiceans, Zeuxis philalethes
Reverse design Zeus Laodiceus standing, left, holding eagle and staff
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.91 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference BMC 151
Specimens 46 (13 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4, 16, 20, 30, 43: same pair of dies. 6, 17: same pair of dies. 8, 23: same pair of dies. 10, 21: same pair of dies. 14–15, 39, 44: same pair of dies. 29, 42: same pair of dies. 36, 40: same pair of dies. 37, 46: same pair of dies. 1, 4, 8, 10, 16, 20–1, 23, 30, 36, 40, 43: same obv. die. 5–6, 9, 17, 22, 25, 29, 31, 33, 37, 42, 45–6: same obv. die. 14–15, 18, 32, 34–5, 38–9, 41, 44, 47: same obv. die. 19, 28: same obv. die. 1, 4, 16, 20, 30, 38, 43: same rev. die. 8, 23–4: same rev. die. 14–15, 36, 39–40, 44: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.50506
2 2     L: 1902,1003.45 BMC 151
3 3     L: 1899,0703.115 BMC 152
4 4     P: 1512
5 5     P: 1513
6 6     P: 1521 Wa 6261
7 7     O AMC 1411
8 8     Cop SNG 555
9 9     B: 18240967, 1906 Löbbecke
10 10     B: 18240968, I-B
11 11     G: 9
12 12     V: GR 19897
13 13     V: GR 38698
14 14     Kovacs 13, 1981, lot 40
15 15     Roma Numismatics EA 63, 7 Nov. 2019, lot 471
16 16     Naumann 63, 4 Mar. 2018, lot 767
17 17     CGT coll.
18 18     Freiburg: 464
19 19     B. Kohn coll. (ex Savoca 85 Blue, 2020, lot 1235) = CNG Electronic Auction 491, 5 May 2021, lot 206
20 20     ✸ Leu EA 17, 14 Aug. 2021, lot 1725
21 21     CGT coll.
22 22     CGT coll.
23 23     CGT coll.
24 24     CGT coll.
25 25     CGT coll.
26 26     CGT coll.
28 28     Leu EA 19, 26 Feb. 2022, lot 2200
29 29     Bucephalus Numismatic 7, 30 Sept. 2022, lot 776
30 30     Naumann 38, 6 Dec. 2015, lot 553
31 31     Naumann 53, 7 May 2017, lot 532
32 32     Savoca 1st Blue, 23 Sept. 2017, lot 809
33 33     Naumann 62, 4 Feb. 2018, lot 561
34 34     Savoca 5th Blue, 24 Feb. 2018, lot 892
35 35     Agora Sale 78, 30 Oct. 2018, lot 118 = Agora Sale 86, 28 May 2019, lot 123 = Agora Sale 98, 8 December 2020, lot 175
36 36     Helios Numismatik GmbH Auction 5, 25 June 2010, lot 949 = Leu EA 7, 23 Feb. 2019, lot 743
37 37     Saint Paul Antiques 8, 9 July 2017, lot 234
38 38     Saint Paul Antiques 13, 19 Nov. 2017, lot 344
39 39     CNG Web Shop, -, lot -
40 40     CNG EA 266, 19 Oct. 2011, lot 257
41 41     CNG EA 282, 11 July 2012, lot 172
42 42     Rauch EA 13, 28 June 2013, lot 304
43 43     Naumann 27, 4 Jan. 2015, lot 493
44 44     Savoca Live EA 3, 21 June 2015, lot 193
45 45     Naumann 80, 4 Aug. 2019, lot 408
46 46     Bucephalus Numismatic 1, 17 Dec. 2021, lot 340
47 47     Bucephalus Numismatic 3, 12 Feb. 2022, lot 433