RPC I, 707

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 707
Province Africa Proconsularis
Region Africa
City Sicca
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Person (rev.) Tiberius (Caesar)
Magistrate Marcus M— A— (duovir) ; Marcus T— F— (duovir)
Dating c. AD 10
Obverse inscription AVG D P Q C C I C D D P P
Edition Aug(ustus) D(—) P(—) Q(—) C(—) c(olonia) I(ulia) C(oncordia) D(ecreto) D(ecurionum) P(ecunia) P(ublica)
Translation Augustus D(—) P(—) Q(—) C(—), the concordant Julian colony, by decree of the decurions, public funds
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription TI CAES M T F M M A IIVIR
Edition Ti(berius) Caes(ar) M(arcus) T(—) F(—) M(arcus) M(—) A(—) IIvir(i)
Translation Tiberius Caesar, Marcus T— F— (and) Marcus M— A—, duovirs
Reverse design bare head of Tiberius, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.87 g
Axis 6
Reference Amandry 116, B, pl. XIX, Alexandropoulos 100
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Note C. Howgego (JRS 1993, p. 202) prefers an attribution to Carthage.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 446
2 2     ✸ NY: 2008.24.13 P. Villemur coll. = CNG Triton XI, 8 Jan. 2008, lot 573 = Spink NumCirc XCV.2, Mar. 1987, lot 1330
3 3     P. Villemur coll.
4 4     Roma Numismatics EA 42, 6 Jan. 2018, lot 321
5 5     CNG MBS 79, 17 Sept. 2008, lot 759, ex J.S. Wagner