RPC I, 715

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 715
Province Africa Proconsularis
Region Africa
City Hippo Regius
Reign Uncertain
Issue Under Augustus/Tiberius
Obverse inscription LIBERA
Edition libera
Translation free
Obverse design female figure (Ceres?), veiled, standing front
Reverse inscription HIPPONE
Edition Hippone
Translation by (the city of) Hippo
Reverse design male figure, standing facing, holding hasta; at his feet, a dog (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 3.78 g
Reference Mu Supp. 375a, Amandry IIIb, Alexandropoulos 121
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B
2 2     ✸ B: Löbb.
3 3     formerly de Lodibert coll. = RA vi, 1850, 651 = Mu Supp. 375a