RPC I, 753

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 753
Province Africa Proconsularis
Region Africa
City Carthage
Reign Augustus
Magistrate Decimus V— Sp— (duovir) ; Publius I— Sp— (duovir)
Dating AD 10
Obverse inscription C I C D D P P
Edition colonia Iulia Carthago decreto decurionum pecunia publica c(olonia) I(ulia) C(arthago) d(ecreto) d(ecurionum) p(ecunia) p(ublica)
Translation the Julian colony of Carthage, by decree of the decurions, public money
Obverse design veiled head, left
Reverse inscription P I SP D V SP IIVIR C I C
Edition Publius I— Sp— Decimus V— Sp— IIviri colonia Iulia Carthago P(ublius) I(—) Sp(—) D(ecimus) V(—) Sp(—) IIvir(i) c(olonia) I(ulia) C(arthago)
Translation Publius I— Sp— (and) Decimus V— Sp— duovirs, the Julian colony of Carthage
Reverse design simpulum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average weight 2.09 g
Reference Alexandropoulos 105
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 752/1.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     O C. King, NC 1975, 74 unknown quadrans
2 2     ✸ L: 1988,1126.1
3 3     Carthage Punic Port KL 12.002 C1058 ( = J. W. Betlyon, RN 164, 2008, p. 331, no. 11).