RPC I, 512

 

Image of specimen #44

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 512
Province Gallia Lugdunensis
Region Gaul
City Lugdunum
Reign Roman Republic
Person (obv.) Fulvia
Magistrate Mark Antony
Dating December 43 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design head of Fulvia as Victory, right, with wings
Reverse inscription LVGV-DVNI, A XL
Edition Lugduni a(nno) XL
Translation at Lugdunum, 40 years
Reverse design lion walking, right
Metal silver
Average diameter 12 mm
Average weight 1.70 g
Axis 5
Reference Giard 2, RRC 489/5
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-489.5
Specimens 45 (1 in the core collections)
Note D. Woods, Fulvia and the Lion, RBN CLXV (2019), pp. 252-7, argues that the depiction of a lion on the reverse of RPC 512-3 symbolises Gallia Comata where the mane (coma) of the lion plays upon the description of the region as comata 'long-haired'.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 4648
2 2 –42     Giard 70, 1–9 and 11–42
43 43     Peus 419, 27 Apr. 2017, lot 430
44 44     ✸ CNG Triton XVI Sessions 3 & 4, 9 Jan. 2013, lot 931
45 45     Bochum: M 2394