RPC I, 777

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 777
Province Africa Proconsularis
Region Africa
City Hadrumetum
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Magistrate Lucius Volusius Saturninus (proconsul)
Dating 7–6 BC
Obverse inscription IMP [CAESAR] DIVI F AVGVSTVS TR POT XVII
Edition Imp(erator) Caesar Divi f(ilius) Augustus Tr(ibunicia) Pot(estate) XVII
Translation Emperor Caesar, son of the divine, Augustus, with tribunician power for the seventeenth time
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription O C S
Edition o(b) c(ivis) s(ervatos)
Translation for saving citizens
Reverse design in wreath; two laurel branches around
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 40 mm
Average weight 54.27 g
Axis 12
Reference FITA 139 (1), Alexandropoulos 89
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Note Coin 3 adds part of the obv. legend : ]DIVI F AVGV[, which now may probably be restored as IMP [CAESAR] DIVI F AVGVSTVS TR POT XVII.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1067 RAI, pl. I, 1 = RIM, pl. VII, 3
2 2     L: 1988,0906.5
3 3     Künker 124, 16 Mar. 2007, lot 8737
4 4     Roma Numismatics E-Live 1, 25 July 2018, lot 369