RPC I, 735

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 735
Province Africa Proconsularis
Region Africa
City Utica
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Livia (Augusta)
Magistrate Gaius Vibius Marsus (proconsul) ; Gaius Cassius Felix (duovir)
Issue Tiberius Imperator VIII
Dating AD 27/8
Obverse inscription TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST IMP VIII
Edition Ti(berius) Caesar Divi Aug(usti) August(us) Imp(erator) VIII
Translation Tiberius Caesar, son of the divine Augustus, Augustus, commander for the eighth time
Obverse design bare head of Tiberius, left
Reverse inscription C VIBIO MARSO PRCOS C CASSIVS FELIX A IIVIR, D D / P P (in field)
Edition G(aio) Vibio Marso pr(o)co(ns)s(ule) G(aius) Cassius Felix A(—) IIvir d(ecreto) d(ecurionum) p(ecunia) p(ublica)
Translation under Gaius Vibius Marsus, proconsul; Gaius Cassius Felix, A(—) duovir; by the decree of the decurions, public money
Reverse design Livia seated, right, holding patera and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 12.71 g
Axis 2, 4
Reference Mu 367, Alexandropoulos 115, Villemur pp. 95-6, XVII and Pl. 29-30
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1840,0217.274
2 2     L: 1902,0404.5
3 3     L: 1906,1103.2768
4 4     Milan: Brera 608
5 5     ✸ NY: 1944.100.78741
6 6     Auctiones GmbH e #85, 15 Sept. 2024, lot 175
7 7     M. B. Richter coll.
8 8     P: 548 Villemur XXIV.5 and Pl. 40