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
Edition ex d(ecreto) d(ecurionum)
Translation by decree of the decurions
Obverse design bare head, right
Reverse inscription AVFIDIVS RVFVS IIII
Edition Aufidius Rufus IIII(vir)
Translation Aufidius Rufus, quattuorvir
Reverse design rider (Eros?) on a hippocamp, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 3.93 g
Axis 3
Reference FITA 336
Specimens 7 (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 of this coin occur in Spanish collections.
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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
7 7     Vico 143, 5 Nov. 2015, lot 146