RPC I, 799

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 799
Province Africa Proconsularis
Region Africa
City Achulla
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Person (rev.) Julius Caesar (Divus)
Magistrate Lucius Volusius Saturninus (proconsul)
Dating 7/6 BC
Obverse inscription CAESAR DIVI F ACHVLLA
Edition Caesar Divi f(ilius) Achulla
Translation Caesar, son of the divine, Achulla
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription DIVOS IVLIVS
Edition Div{o}<u>s Iulius
Translation Divine Julius
Reverse design bare head of Caesar, left; all in a laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Average weight 26.00 g
Axis 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10
Reference Mu 6, FITA 230 (1), Alexandropoulos 58
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
Note See now M. Amandry ‘Notes de Numismatique Africaine, VI. 8.Achulla’, RN 1992, pp. 46-53.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1874,0715.431
2 2     Milan: Brera 238
3 3     NY: 1944.100.79605 ex Naville, Levis coll., 166 = A. Cahn 66/1928, 555
4 4     NY: 1953.171.1802
5 5     ✸ CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 1109
6 6     Naumann 107, F. Jarman coll., 5 Sept. 2021, lot 1298 (ex Roma Numismatics EA 38, 29 July 2017, lot 325)
7 7     CGT coll. = Roma Numismatics EA 38, 29 July 2017, lot 326
8 8     CNG EA 417, 28 Mar. 2018, lot 407