RPC I, 3143

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3143
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Eumenea
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Livia (Augusta)
Magistrate Kastoris
Obverse inscription ΗΡΑ Λ(Ε)ΙΒΙΑ
Edition Ἥρα Λειβία
Translation Hera Livia
Obverse design draped bust of Livia, right
Reverse inscription ΕΥΜΕΝΕΩΝ ΚΑΣΤΟΡΙΣ ΣΩΤΙΡΑ
Edition Εὐμενέων Καστορὶς σωτῖρα
Translation of the Eumeneans, Kastoris savior
Reverse design inscription in wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 14 mm
Average weight 2.58 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference GRMK 149, no. 1 corr.
Specimens 24 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 9, 20: same pair of dies. 4–5, 10–11, 13–14, 16–19: same pair of dies. 8, 22–3: same pair of dies. 12, 24: same pair of dies. 1, 8–9, 20, 22–3: same obv. die. 4–5, 10–14, 16–19, 24: same obv. die. 1, 9, 15, 20: same rev. die. 4–5, 10–11, 13–14, 16–19, 21: same rev. die.
Note The interpretation offered in RPC is that the coin, a smaller denomination for an empress, is signed by a woman (cf. 3149–52 below); her name is Kastoris and she is given the title soteira, just as Epigonos, presumably her husband, is given the title philopatris. On this view, both were in some way benefactors of the city.

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