Augustus Cistophor (Ephesos, 25-20 BCE)
Issuing Ruler: Gaius Octavius Caesar Augustus
Issuing Authority: Roman Principate
Date of Issue: 25-20 BCE (728-733 AVC)
Mint: Ephesos
Obverse: Bare-headed portrait of Augustus, facing right; legend below bust reading IMP·CAESAR, "Caesar, Emperor".
Reverse: Capricorn to right with head turned backwards to left, carrying cornucopia; all within laurel wreath; exergual legend AVGVSTVS.
Weight: 12.10 g
Diameter: 25mm
Axis: 12h
Denomination: Tetradrachm (Cistophoric)
Provenance: Künker 295, Lot 657 (2017); Michael R. Molnar Collection, NAC 92, Lot 2002 (2016); Published in The Star of Bethlehem - The Legacy of the Magi (1999)
Issuing Ruler: Gaius Octavius Caesar Augustus
Issuing Authority: Roman Principate
Date of Issue: 25-20 BCE (728-733 AVC)
Mint: Ephesos
Obverse: Bare-headed portrait of Augustus, facing right; legend below bust reading IMP·CAESAR, "Caesar, Emperor".
Reverse: Capricorn to right with head turned backwards to left, carrying cornucopia; all within laurel wreath; exergual legend AVGVSTVS.
Weight: 12.10 g
Diameter: 25mm
Axis: 12h
Denomination: Tetradrachm (Cistophoric)
Provenance: Künker 295, Lot 657 (2017); Michael R. Molnar Collection, NAC 92, Lot 2002 (2016); Published in The Star of Bethlehem - The Legacy of the Magi (1999)
Issuing Ruler: Gaius Octavius Caesar Augustus
Issuing Authority: Roman Principate
Date of Issue: 25-20 BCE (728-733 AVC)
Mint: Ephesos
Obverse: Bare-headed portrait of Augustus, facing right; legend below bust reading IMP·CAESAR, "Caesar, Emperor".
Reverse: Capricorn to right with head turned backwards to left, carrying cornucopia; all within laurel wreath; exergual legend AVGVSTVS.
Weight: 12.10 g
Diameter: 25mm
Axis: 12h
Denomination: Tetradrachm (Cistophoric)
Provenance: Künker 295, Lot 657 (2017); Michael R. Molnar Collection, NAC 92, Lot 2002 (2016); Published in The Star of Bethlehem - The Legacy of the Magi (1999)