RPC I, 779

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 779
Province Africa Proconsularis
Region Africa
City Hadrumetum
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Person (rev.) Gaius (Caesar) ; Lucius (Caesar)
Magistrate Fabius Africanus (proconsul)
Dating 6–5 BC
Obverse inscription CAESAR AVGVSTVS
Edition Caesar Augustus
Translation Caesar Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription L CAESAR AVGVST F C CAESAR AVGVST F
Edition L(ucius) Caesar August(i) f(ilius) G(aius) Caesar August(i) f(ilius)
Translation Lucius Caesar, son of Augustus, Gaius Caesar, son of Augustus
Reverse design bare heads of Gaius and Lucius Caesar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 25.37 g
Axis 1, 5, 6
Reference Mu 38, FITA 139 (2), RN 1986, 75–6, Alexandropoulos 90
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: K 3250 RN 1986, pl. V, d
2 2     P: 1985/897
3 3     Amsterdam: GR-10223 Grant, RIM, pl. 7, 4
4 4     NY: 1978.116.1 ANS Annual Report 1978, 14, no. 6 = ex Kunst und Müzen 15, 1975, lot 522
5 5     CNG Triton XI, P. Villemur coll. 8 Jan. 2008, lot 559 (ex Stack's, Knobloch coll., 11 June 1970, lot 606)
6 6     ✸ CNG MBS 78, R. Prideaux Debuisson coll., 14 May 2008, lot 1550
7 7     NY: 1980.23.13