RPC I, 602


Image of specimen #42

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/602 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	I
Number	602
Province	Italy
Region	Italy
City	Uncertain mint in North Italy
Reign	Roman Republic
Magistrate	Quintus Oppius (praetor)
Obverse inscription
Obverse design	diademed head of Venus, right; (symbol)
Reverse inscription	Q OPPIVS PR
Edition	Q(uintus) Oppius pr(aetor)
Translation	Quintus Oppius, praetor
Reverse design	Victory advancing, left, holding palm branch and bowl of fruit; (symbol)
Metal	brass
Average diameter	27 mm
Average weight	15.55 g
Reference	FITA 43, RRC 550/2, Bahrfeldt, NZ 1909, 80
External URI(s)	http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-550.2a http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-550.2b http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-550.2c http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-550.2d http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-550.2e http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-550.2f
Specimens	42 (2 in the core collections)
Note	The following obverse/reverse symbols have been reported: star in crescent/(RRC 2a); crescent/- (RRC 2b); crescent/thunderbolt (RRC 2c, Bahrfeldtc); capricorn/thunderbolt (RRC 2d, Bahrfeldt d); capricorn/vine-leaf (RRC2e); crescent and capricorn/thunderbolt (RRC 2f, Bahrfeldt e);-/thunderbolt (Bahrfeldt b). See now M. Barbato, “The Coins of Clovius and Oppius (RRC 476/1 and 550/1-3): New Evidence from Find-spots.” Numismatic Chronicle 175 (2015), 103-116.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Note	More
1	1	L	BMCRR 4133			metal analysis: 79% Cu, 20% Zn	Show
2	2	L	BMCRR 4132			metal analysis: 84% Cu, 15% Zn	Show
3	3 –41		See Bahrfeldt				Show
42	42 ✸		NAC 63, 17 May 2012, lot 606	27.3	15.55		Show