RPC I, 3868

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3868
Province Commagene
Region Commagene
City Uncertain mint in Commagene
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Dating AD 19/20
Obverse inscription TI CAESAR DIVI AVGVSTI F AVGVSTVS
Edition Ti(berius) Caesar Divi Augusti f(ilius) Augustus
Translation Tiberius Caesar, son of the divine Augustus, Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Tiberius, right
Reverse inscription PONT MAXIM COS III IMP VII TR POT XXI
Edition Pont(ifex) Maxim(us) Co(n)s(ul) III Imp(erator) VII Tr(ibunicia) Pot(estate) XXI
Translation Chief priest, consul for the third time, emperor for the seventh time, with tribunician power for the twenty-first time
Reverse design caduceus between crossed cornucopias
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 14.05 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference RIC 89, BMC 174
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).tib.89
Specimens 46 (10 in the core collections)
Note Attribution to Commagene not certain. Countermarks: see introduction. 3868-9. CGT coll., 11.04 with a circular cmk which seems different from GIC 548: ΚΟΡ, a pellet in the O, and an indistinct object between two pellets above.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O
2 2     L BMC 174
3 3     B: 18211856
4 4     P: 162
5 5     P: 164
6 6     ✸ P: 165
7 7     L: 1995,0605.116
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     Freiburg: 00604
14 14     VAuctions 303, 31 Jan. 2014, lot 407
15 15     CNG 41, 19 March 1997, lot 1449
16 16     Pangerl coll.
17 17     Pangerl coll.
18 18     Naville Numismatics 66, 29 July 2021, lot 381
19 19     Pangerl coll.
20 20     Automan coll. (from Forum Ancient Coins website)
21 21     GIC 501.1 = Kadman NM 2534
22 22     Zeus 4, 9 Feb. 2020, lot 724
23 23     Savoca 158th Blue, 11 March 2023, lot 806
24 24     Zeus 14, 15 Nov. 2020, lot 419 ex Zeus 4, 9 Feb. 2020, lot 722
25 25     O
26 26     NY Holzer
27 27     Heritage World Coin Auctions CICF Signature Sale 3032, 10 April 2014, lot 30309
28 28     GIC 111 iii
29 29     O GIC 111ii
30 30     GIC 111iii
31 31     GIC 11i
32 32     Dura 1355b GIC 519
33 33     CNG 441, 3 April 2019, lot 293
34 34     CNG 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 217
35 35     CNG 64, 7 May 2003, lot 212
36 36     Brunk 501
37 37     GIC 729ii
38 38     CNG 439, 6 March 2019, lot 244
39 39     Savoca 106th Blue, 26 June 2021, lot 665
40 40     Ares EA 7, 2 Feb. 2020, lot 505
41 41     Zeus Budget Auction 12, 28 Aug. 2020, lot 444
42 42     Zeus WA 17, 5 Jun. 2021, lot 646
43 43     Zeus EA 22, 23 Jan. 2022, lot 600
44 44     Roman Numismatics Gallery - countermarks
45 45     Solidus 130, 19 Mar. 2024, lot 1170
46 46     M. B. Richter