RPC I, 768

 

Image of specimen #18

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 768
Province Africa Proconsularis
Region Africa
City Paterna
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Gavius Casca ; Publius Cornelius Dolabella (proconsul)
Dating AD 23
Obverse inscription TI CAE DIVI AVG F AVG IMP VIII COS IIII
Edition Ti(berius) Cae(sar) Divi Aug(usti) f(ilius) Aug(ustus) Imp(erator) VIII Co(n)s(ul) IIII
Translation Tiberius Caesar, son of the divine Augustus, Augustus, imperator for the eighth time, consul for the fourth time
Obverse design bare head of Tiberius, left
Reverse inscription PERMIS P [CORNELI] DOLABELLAE PROCOS C P G(AVIO) CAS D D, C I P (in field)
Edition Permis(su) P(ublii) Corneli(i) Dolabellae Proco(n)s(ulis) c(um?) P(ublio) Gavio Cas(ca) D(ecreto) D(ecurionum) c(olonia) I(ulia) P(aterna)
Translation By the permission of Publius Cornelius Dolabella, proconsul; with? under Publius Gavius Casca, by the decree of the decurions, the Julian colony of Paterna
Reverse design Mercury seated on rock, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 36.32 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Mu 335–7, APT 29, Alexandropoulos 97
Specimens 18 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1874,0715.433
2 2     L: 1938,0510.112 APT, pl. IV, 1
3 3     P: 515
4 4     B: 18214240, 1698 Bonnet
5 5     O ex G. Hirsh XXXIV/1963, 1358
6 6     Cop SNG 54
7 7     Cop SNG 55
8 8     PV
9 9     P: 516
10 10     Schulten 22–24/X/1985, 286
11 11     F. Vink coll. (ex Waddell 1, 9 Dec. 1982, lot 582 = Société de Banque Suisse, Zurich 5, 16 Oct. 1979, lot 410 = Vecchi list 23, Dec. 1979, 58 = Bonhams-Vecchi 1, 21–22 May 1980, lot 332 = Baldwin's 14, 14 Oct. 1997, lot 36 = CNG Triton XI, 8 Jan. 2008, lot 568 (Villemur coll.)
12 12     Paris trade
13 13     B: I-B
14 14     F. Vink coll. (ex Righetti coll. = CNG EA 220, 14 Oct. 2009, lot 390)
15 15     Leu EA 11, 22 Feb. 2020, lot 1559
16 16     CGT coll. = CNG 333, 20 Aug. 2014, lot 260
17 17     Künker 396, 13 Nov. 2023, lot 1290 (ex Auctiones AG 29, J.-P. Righetti coll., 2003, lot 405)
18 18     ✸ M & M Numismatics, Ltd, Washington, D.C., Auction I, 7 Dec. 1997, lot 316