RPC I, 5418

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 5418
Province Uncertain
Region Uncertain
City Uncertain
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Obverse inscription EX D D
Obverse design bare head, right
Reverse inscription AVFIDIVS RVFVS IIII
Reverse design rider (Eros?) on a hippocamp, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 3
Reference FITA 336
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Note Vives and Grant attributed this coin to Carteia, but it is excluded here from the coinage of that city. Nevertheless, a Spanish origin may seem likely, as specimens oft his coin occur in Spanish collections.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B FITA, pl. IX, 27
2 2     Madrid
3 3     Collection Rubio (Cádiz)
4 4     formerly coll. D. Julio Mellado = Vives, pl. CXXIX, 14
5 5     Herrero 20 May 1991, lot 31
6 6     ✸ CNG EA 287, 26 Sept. 2012, lot 300