RPC I, 3547

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3547
Province Galatia
Region Galatia
City Koinon of Galatia
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Magistrate Titus Helvius Basila (presbeutes)
Issue Series 1: Basila
Dating c. AD 14/15, or 35/7?
Obverse inscription ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός
Translation Caesar Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Augustus (?), right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΒΑϹ ΠΡΕϹΒΕΥΤΟΥ
Edition ἐπὶ Βασ(ίλα) πρεσβευτοῦ
Translation under Basila presbeutes
Reverse design Cybele seated, facing, on throne, extending her right hand, her left on tympanum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 4.21 g
Axis 3, 12
Reference Devreker 191, no. 8
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–4, 7: same obv. die.
Note Probably minted at Pessinus.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B GRMK 228, no. 1, with Taf. VIII.16
2 2     found at Pessinus (Devreker 200, no. 79, illustrated)
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     Savoca 94 Blue, 30 Jan. 2021, lot 1072
5 5     Biga Online Auction 6, 31 Oct. 2021, lot 564
6 6     ✸ Biga Numismatics EA 28, 2 Mar. 2024, lot 313
7 7     Nomos Obolos Webauction 33, 8 Sept. 2024, lot 857