RPC I, 3066

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 3066
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Phrygia
City Aezani
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Issue Augustus and Potitus Messala
Dating c. 25 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, left
Reverse inscription ΕΖΕΑΝΙΤΩΝ, ΔΟΕ? or ΔΙΟΣ?
Reverse design Zeus of Aezani standing, left, with eagle and sceptre; to left, monogram
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference vA, Aezani 10
Specimens 13 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 9: same pair of dies. 2, 6: same pair of dies. 10–12: same pair of dies. 1–12: same obv. die.
Note On the cult statue of Zeus, see now H.-C. von Mosch, ‘Das Kultbild des Zeus von Aizanoi’, SNR 79, 2000, pp. 113-123 and Taf. 8-10
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 156
2 2     B: Löbb. vA, Aezani 10
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     V: GR 30859
5 5     Mu: 10
6 6     ✸ P: 158 Wa 5541
7 7     CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 143 (Villemur coll.)
8 8     CNG EA 255, 4 May 2011, lot 234
9 9     Naumann 81, 1 Sept. 2019, lot 387
10 10     CNG 114, 13 May 2020, lot 512
11 11     Leu EA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 2805
12 12     Papillon Numismatic 1, 20 Sept. 2020, lot 296
13 13     Künker 396, 13 Nov. 2023, lot 1220