RPC I, 617

 

Image of specimen #39

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 617
Province Italy
Region Italy
City Paestum
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Magistrate Aulus Vergilius Optimus (duovir)
Obverse inscription P S S C
Edition P(aestanorum) s(emis) s(enatus) c(onsulto)
Translation of the Paestans, semis, by decree of the senate
Obverse design laureate head of Tiberius, right
Reverse inscription A VERGILIVS OPT IIVIR
Edition A(ulus) Vergilius Opt(imus) IIvir
Translation Aulus Vergilius Optimus duovir
Reverse design Mars standing, left, on pedestal, holding standard and sword
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 4.28 g
Axis 4, 6, 9
Reference Crawford no. 7a, APT no. 6; Carbone, Paestum no. 61
Specimens 41 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1944,0406.2
2 2     L: 1903,0606.6
3 3     L: 1903,0606.5
4 4     Cop SNG 1984
5 5 –35     Crawford 7a
36 36     P: Delepierre
37 37     Boulogne-sur-Mer
38 38     CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 40
39 39     ✸ CNG MBS 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1153 (Villemur coll.) = Vecchi 7, 6 Oct. 1997, lot 1162
40 40     CGT coll.
41 41     Leeds-UL: 505