RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 66456)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 66456)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Pescennius Niger
Person (obv.) Pescennius Niger (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG
Edition Imperator Caesar Caius Pescennius Niger Iustus Augustus 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
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧΙ ΕΞΟ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ ΕΤ Α
Edition δημαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας ὕπατος ἔτους αʹ δημαρχι(κῆς) ἐξο(υσίας) ὕπατος ἔτ(ους) αʹ
Translation holder of tribunician power, consul, of the first year
Reverse design kalathos with ears of corn
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 2.85 g
Axis 12
Reference S —; Bland et al. p. 80, nos 2–3; Ganschow 332a
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Note As noted by J. van Heesch (see introduction), this die was also used for denarii with IVSTITIA AVG and SALVTI AVGVSTI.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ L: 1975,0821.4 MMAG 359, 1974, lot 18 = Kastner 4, 27 Nov. 1973, lot 259
— —     Brussels J. van Heesch, RBN 1978, pl. I.1
— —     Bastien coll. = CENB 9.4 (1972), p. 69 = Hess Divo 324, 23 Oct. 2013, lot 38
— —     CNG EA 320, 12 Feb. 2014, lot 457