RPC I, 650A

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 650A
Province Sicily
Region Sicily
City Tyndaris
Reign Roman Republic
Magistrate Marcus Vipsanius Dos— (duovir)
Obverse inscription M VIPS DOS II[ ]
Edition M(arcus) Vips(anius) Dos(—) II[---]
Translation Marcus Vipsanius Dos—, II[---]
Obverse design two pilei with stars
Reverse inscription EX D D
Edition ex d(ecreto) d(ecurionum)
Translation by decree of the decurions
Reverse design dolphin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.33 g
Axis 9, 12
Reference P. Villemur, De quelques émissions coloniales romaines en Sicile: retour à Tyndaris, in FIDES. Contributions...in Honor of Richard B. Witschonke (New York, 2015), Emission 3, p. 438 and Pl. 2.
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Lanz 117, 2003, lot 134
2 2     ✸ Peus 384, 2 Nov. 2005, lot 153