RPC I, 5403

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 5403
Province Uncertain
Region Uncertain
City Uncertain
Reign Uncertain
Issue No portrait (Latin legends)
Obverse inscription TADI
Edition Tadi
Translation Tadi(?)
Obverse design veiled female head bound with stephane
Reverse inscription MARI
Edition Mari
Translation Mari(?)
Reverse design unclear type throne with axe (?) underneath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 14 mm
Average weight 2.57 g
Reference FITA 234
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
Note Grant's attribution to Malta is just a guess; he used the coin to posit the existence of a colony there. The date of the coins (which are probably genuine) is also uncertain. The names are no use in indicating an attribution; even in this catalogue alone, Tadii are known at Utica and Cnossus, and Marii at Babba and in Spain (Calagurris and Turiaso).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1843,0712.32 FITA, pl. VII, 25
2 2     ✸ P: 1980/267
3 3     Mu: under uncertain coins