RPC I, 651

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 651
Province Sicily
Region Sicily
City Segesta
Reign Roman Republic
Issue Anonymous
Obverse inscription
Obverse design pilei
Reverse inscription D D
Edition d(ecreto) d(ecurionum)
Translation by decree of the decurions
Reverse design rudder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 2.18 g
Axis 6, 9, 12
Reference FITA 194, 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 7, p. 439 and Pl. 1.
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note An attribution to Tyndaris is vindicated with good arguments by P. Villemur, loc.cit.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B FITA, pl. VII.7
2 2     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 79, 14 Jan. 2021, lot 51
3 3     Bertolami EA 245, 10-12 Dec. 2022, lot 391