Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Æ19 - Augustus ΛΙΒΙΑΝ ΖΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ ΚΟΡΩΝΟϹ
| Issuer | Smyrna (Conventus of Smyrna) |
|---|---|
| Year | 4-14 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Greek |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Standing frontal figure of Livia, assimilated to Aphrodite Stratonikis, rendered in full length. She holds a sceptre in her left hand and a Nike figurine in her right hand, while leaning against a column to her right. A dove is depicted to the right of the figure, and a monogram incorporating the letters ΑΠΡ appears to the left. The encircling Greek legend names Livia and identifies the issuing authority as the people of Smyrna, honoring her with a crown. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Issued under the magistrate Coronus — whose name appears in the genitive on the coin — this piece belongs to the civic bronze coinage that Smyrna struck under Augustus while simultaneously cultivating an aggressive imperial cult program. Smyrna had lobbied Rome as early as 195 BC for permission to build a temple to the city of Rome, and under Augustus the city leveraged that long institutional relationship to secure exceptional minting privileges within the Smyrnaean conventus.
RPC I 2469 is among the types linking Livia's name directly to Augustan civic issues, reflecting her unusually prominent public role in the eastern provinces well before her formal deification under Claudius.