RPC I, 776

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 776
Province Africa Proconsularis
Region Africa
City Hadrumetum
Reign Augustus
Person (rev.) Publius Quinctilius Varus (proconsul)
Magistrate Publius Quinctilius Varus (proconsul)
Dating 8–7 BC
Obverse inscription HADRVME
Edition Hadrume(tum)
Translation Hadrumetum
Obverse design head of Sol, left; trident
Reverse inscription P QVINTLI VARVS
Edition P(ublius) Quin(c)t(i)li(us) Varus
Translation Publius Quinctilius Varus
Reverse design bare heads of Varus, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 12.13 g
Axis 4, 6, 12
Reference Mu 26, Alexandropoulos 87
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
Note The correct reading of the reverse legend is P QVINTLI VARVS and not P QVINTLI VARI (as stated by RPC) or P QVINTILI VARI (as stated by Alexandropoulos).
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18205052, Rauch K. Regling, 'Varus aus Münzen', Amtl. Ber. aus den König, Kunstsammlungen 35, 1913/14, 325–6, fig. 2
2 2     C. Roettger coll. = CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 335 (Villemur coll.)
3 3     C. Roettger coll. = CNG MBS 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1548 (Villemur coll.)
4 4     C. Roettger coll. = Peus 398, 28 Apr. 2009, lot 793
5 5     C. Roettger coll.
6 6     P: 1994/347
7 7     NY: 1987.142.1
8 8     C. Roettger coll. (ex CNG EA 423, 27 June 2018, lot 332)