RPC I, 764

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 764
Province Africa Proconsularis
Region Africa
City Paterna
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Drusus Caesar
Magistrate Lucius Apronius (proconsul) ; Sextus Pompeius Celsus
Dating AD 21
Obverse inscription DRVSO CAESARI
Edition Druso Caesari
Translation to Drusus Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Drusus, left
Reverse inscription PERMISSV L APRONI PROCOS III
Edition permissu L(ucii) Aproni(i) proco(n)s(ulis) III
Translation by permission of Lucius Apronius, proconsul for the third time
Reverse design bust of Mercury, left
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.60 g
Axis 2, 6, 12
Reference Mu 333, APT 26, Alexandropoulos 99
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 514 APT, pl.III.6
2 2     Amsterdam: GR-10168
3 3     NY: 1944.100.81023
4 4     P. Villemur coll. = CNG MBS 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1571
5 5     Schulten 26–27/III/1981, 94
6 6     Crédit Suisse 7/1987, 799 = Auctiones AG 29, 12 June 2003, lot 404 (Righetti coll.)
7 7     CNG EA 202, 14 Jan. 2009, lot 125
8 8     ✸ Roma Numismatics E-Live 6, 25 Mar. 2023, lot 86