RIC I (second edition) Augustus 491
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
27 BC–26 BC
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireMaker / issuer
Pergamum (ancient mint)
Cistophorus in silver struck at Pergamum under Augustus, 27 BC–26 BC, catalogued as RIC I (second edition) Augustus 491. Obverse: Head of Augustus, bare, left; front, lituus. Reverse: Six grain stalks knotted in a bundle. Weight, diameter, die axis and a rights-cleared photograph are not yet documented for this type record.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Silver
- Manufacture
- Struck
- Denomination
- Cistophorus
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Pergamum
- Issuing authority
- Augustus
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Augustus, bare, left; front, lituus
- Reverse type
- Six grain stalks knotted in a bundle
- Obverse legend
- IMP CAESAR
- Reverse legend
- AVGVSTVS
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).aug.491
- Catalogue reference
- RIC I (second edition) Augustus 491
- Type corpus identifier
- ric.1(2).aug.491
Catalogue references
Research required
- Nominal weight not transcribed from a primary reference
- Diameter and die axis not transcribed
- Mint mark and officina detail not transcribed
- No rights-cleared photograph identified yet