RPC I, 771

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 771
Province Africa Proconsularis
Region Africa
City Hadrumetum
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Person (rev.) Julius Caesar (Divus)
Dating 12–8 BC
Obverse inscription HADR AVGVSTVS
Edition Hadr(umetum) Augustus
Translation Hadrumetum, Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right; to left apex, to right, simpulum
Reverse inscription CAESAR
Edition Caesar
Translation Caesar
Reverse design bare head of Julius Caesar, left; lituus and star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 24.06 g
Axis 2, 6, 9, 10
Reference Mu 30, Alexandropoulos 79
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
Note Corr: 'simpulum on the obverse, to r.'
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 107
2 2     P. Villemur coll. = CNG MBS 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1545
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     Verona
5 5     ✸ CNG Triton III, 30 Nov. 1999, lot 805 = NAC 64, 17 May 2012, lot 1064 = CNG Triton XI, 8 Jan. 2008, lot 555 (P. Villemur coll.)
6 6     Roma Numismatics EA 84, 16 June 2021, lot 1105
7 7     CNG 417, 28 March 2018, lot 407