RPC I, 3907

 

Image of specimen #20

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3907
Province Cyprus
Region Cyprus
City Uncertain mint(s) on Cyprus
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Magistrate Aulus Plautius (proconsul)
Dating in or shortly after 21 BC
Obverse inscription IMP CAES DIVI F AVGVSTVS
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Divi f(ilius) Augustus
Translation Emperor Caesar, son of the divine, Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription A PLAVTIVS PROCOS
Edition A(ulus) Plautius Proco(n)s(ul)
Translation Aulus Plautius Proconsul
Reverse design Jupiter Salaminios standing to front; holds in right patera; left rests on short sceptre; eagle perched on his left wrist
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 3.65 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference BMC 4, FITA 143, Amandry 2b (Salamis?), Parks 2b
Specimens 20 (12 in the core collections)
Note 2 obv. dies.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O AMC 730
2 2     L BMC 4
3 3     L: 1974,1109.18
4 4     P: 787
5 5     B: 18238681, I-B
6 6     B: 18238683, I-B
7 7     B: 18238682, 28778
8 8     C: 490-1948
9 9     NY: 1952.142.265
10 10     NY: 1952.142.269
11 11     NY: 1952.142.266
12 12     NY: 1952.142.268
13 13     Milan: Brera 378
14 14     P. Villemur coll. = CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 221
15 15     Elsen 117, 15 June 2013, lot 449
16 16     CGT coll.
17 17     Roma Numismatics Elive auction 1, 25 July 2018, lot 375
18 18     CNG EA 414, 14 Feb. 2018, lot 371
19 19     Agora Auctions Numismatic 28, 10 Mar. 2015, lot 59
20 20     ✸ Tantaluscoins.com