RPC I, 709

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 709
Province Africa Proconsularis
Region Africa
City Hippo Regius
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Person (rev.) Gaius (Caesar) ; Lucius (Caesar)
Magistrate Fabius Africanus (proconsul)
Dating 6/5 BC
Obverse inscription CAESAR AVGVSTVS
Edition Caesar Augustus
Translation Caesar Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription HIPPONE LIBERA, C L (in field)
Edition Hippone libera G(aius) L(ucius)
Translation by the free city of Hippo, Gaius (and) Lucius
Reverse design bare heads of Gaius and Lucius facing each other
Metal copper-based alloy
Average weight 28.49 g
Axis 9
Reference Mu 39, Amandry Ia, Alexandropoulos 119
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 521
2 2     ✸ MM Numismatics Ltd Auction 1, Dec. 1997, lot 317 (ex Leu 25/1980, lot 238; NFA XII/1983, lot 158; NAC 1, 1989, lot 789; NFA XXVI, 14 Aug. 1991, lot 206)
3 3     Constantine