RPC I, 3067

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3067
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Phrygia
City Aezani
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Potitus Valerius Messala (proconsul)
Issue Augustus and Potitus Messala
Dating c. 25 BC
Obverse inscription ΠΟΤΙΤ ΜΕΣΣΑΛΑΣ
Edition Ποτῖτ(ος) Μεσσάλας
Translation Potitus Messala
Obverse design bare head of Potitus Messala, left
Reverse inscription ΕΖΕΑΝΙΤΩΝ
Edition Ἐζεανιτῶν
Translation of the Aezanitians
Reverse design hand holding balance; monogram ΔΟΕ? or ΔΙΟΣ
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 8.54 g
Axis 12
Reference vA, Aezani 7–8
Specimens 11 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 8, 10: same pair of dies. 2, 4: same pair of dies. 1–2, 4, 8, 10: same obv. die. 6–7: same obv. die.
Note G. Stumpf, Numismatische Studien zur Chronologie der Römischen Statthalter in Kleinasien (1991), no. 143 reads ΠΟΤΙΤΟΣ not ΠΟΤΙΤ.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1959,0903.1 ex vA = BMQ 1960, 72, and pl. 23.9
2 2     Bern SNG 1124 = SNG vA 3342
3 3     H. Hommel, CIN (Rome, 1961), 301–5
4 4     CNG Triton XI, P. Villemur coll., 8 Jan. 2008, lot 493 (ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser 13, 7–8 Oct. 1997, lot 292)
5 5     Hauck and Aufhäuser 14, 21 Mar. 1998, lot 283
6 6     ✸ Nomos 12, 22 May 2016, lot 150
7 7     Lanz 164, 23 May 2017, lot 133
8 8     Papillon 6, 7 May 2020, lot 305 = CNG 123, 23 May 2023, lot 395
9 9     Balkan Imperium Art Auction 2, 3 Feb. 2022, lot 189
10 10     Gemini X, 13 Jan. 2013, lot 546
11 11     Leu WA 32, 7–10 Dec. 2024, lot 1109