RPC I, 742

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 742
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 Imp VIII, AD 29-30
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 PR COS III C CASSIVS FELIX A IIVIR, D D / P P (in field)
Edition C(aio) Vibio Marso Pr(o) Co(n)s(ule) III C(aius) Cassius Felix Α(edilis?) IIvir d(ecreto) d(ecurionum) p(ecunia) p(ublica)
Translation under Gaius Vibius Marsus, proconsul for the third time; Gaius Cassius Felix, Aedile(?), duovir; by decree of the decurions; public money
Reverse design Livia seated, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 12.48 g
Axis 1, 2, 3
Reference Mu 368, Alexandropoulos 115d, Villemur pp. 106-7, XXIV and Pl. 40
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: D'Ailly 17450 Villemur XXIV.10b and Pl. 40
2 2     Cop SNG 442 = Villemur XXIV.2 and Pl. 40
3 3     ✸ P. Villemur coll. = CNG MBS 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1585 = Villemur XXIV.3a and Pl. 40
4 4     NY: 2008.29.34 P. Villemur coll. = CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 351 = Villemur XXIV.10a and Pl. 40
5 5     Auctiones GmbH e #85, 15 Sept. 2024, lot 175