RPC I, 3153

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3153
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Sebaste
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Magistrate Sosthenes
Obverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition Σεβαστός
Translation Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription ΣΩΣΘΕΝΗΣ ΑΓΝΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΝΩΝ
Edition Σωσθένης ἁγνὸς Σεβαστηνῶν
Translation Sosthenes, pure, of the Sebasteans
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, with eagle and sceptre
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.90 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference BMC 21
Specimens 19 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 4, 6–7, 10, 13–14, 18: same pair of dies. 5, 12, 17: same pair of dies. 1–7, 10–14, 16–19: same obv. die.
Note KM wrongly restored the rev. legend as ἁγνο[θέου], but the final Σ is clear on 3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.50570
2 2     L BMC 21
3 3     L BMC 22
4 4     P: 1921 Wa 6479
5 5     B: 18241196, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer KM 287, no. 1 = GM 411, no. 147
6 6     B: 18241198, 1906 Löbbecke
7 7     B: 18241197, 1873 Fox
8 8     Klagenfurt cast in Winterthur
9 9     Lambros, cast in Winterthur
10 10     ✸ Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 15, 6 Apr. 2014, lot 485
11 11     CGT coll. = Saint Paul 13, 19 Nov. 2017, lot 345
12 12     Demos 16, 3 Feb. 2023, lot 309
13 13     O
14 14     CNG MBS 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1347
15 15     CNG EA 188, 28 May 2008, lot 259
16 16     Savoca 93rd Silver, 17 Jan. 2021, lot 334
17 17     Naumann 55, 2 July 2017, lot 511
18 18     Bucephalus Numismatic 3, 12 Feb. 2022, lot 385
19 19     Demos 10, 14 May 2022, lot 502