RPC I, 3552

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3552
Province Galatia
Region Galatia
City Koinon of Galatia
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Magistrate Priscus
Issue Series 2: (a) Priscus
Dating AD 18 or 21/3
Obverse inscription ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Edition Τιβέριος Καῖσαρ
Translation Tiberius Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Tiberius, left
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΠΡΕΙΣΚΟΥ ΜΗΤΗΡ ΘΕΩΝ, ΓΜ (in field)
Edition ἐπὶ Πρείσκου Μήτηρ Θεῶν γμʹ
Translation under Priscus, Mother of Gods, 43
Reverse design Cybele seated, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 9.91 g
Axis 12
Reference NC 1950, 44, no. 2, Devreker 190, no. 2
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Note All specimens illustrated on NC, 1950, pl. II.4–6. Probably minted at Pessinus.Specimens 4 and 5 appear to have an animal (lion, dog?) at the base, right of the throne. The object at the base of the throne on specimen 1 looks like a small box or altar (M. B. Richter).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1965,0208.2 ex Grant
2 2     B: uncertain ex Wellersheim 6213: 'Mallus' according to Imhoof-Blumer, Annales de Numismatique (1883), 117, no. 56
3 3     Dresden
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 347, 25 Mar. 2015, lot 388
5 5     M.B. Richter coll. (ex Bay Numismatics, Online Auction 4, 5 July 2024, lot 275)