RPC I, 3128

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3128
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Apamea
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Magistrate Dionysios Meliton, son of Apollonios
Obverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition Σεβαστός
Translation Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Augustus, right; to right, lituus
Reverse inscription ΜΕΛΙΤΩΝ ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ
Edition Μελίτων Ἀπαμέων
Translation Meliton, of the Apameans
Reverse design cult statue of Hecate (with supports) with three faces, holding out torches
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 4.15 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference AMC 1376, KM 210, no. 14
Specimens 13 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 3, 12: same pair of dies. 7, 9: same pair of dies. 10, 13: same pair of dies. 1–5, 7–10, 12–13: same obv. die.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C: Leake SNG 4939
2 2     B: 18242618, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer KM 14
3 3     B: 1875/92
4 4     O AMC 1379
5 5     Mu: 21 SNG 142 (143 on Pl.)
6 6     Winterthur see KM
7 7     Waddell 9 Dec. 1982, lot 338
8 8     L: 1951,1208.9
9 9     ✸ Naumann 81, 1 Sept. 2019, lot 305
10 10     CGT coll. = Savoca 16 Blue, 9 Feb. 2019, lot 697
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     Saint Paul Antiques 12, 14 Oct. 2017, lot 182
13 13     Emporium Hamburg 100, 15 Nov. 2022, lot 286