RPC I, 801

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 801
Province Africa Proconsularis
Region Africa
City Achulla
Reign Augustus
Person (rev.) Lucius Volusius Saturninus (proconsul)
Magistrate Lucius Volusius Saturninus (proconsul)
Dating 7/6 BC
Obverse inscription ACHVLLA
Edition Achulla
Translation Achulla
Obverse design diademed head of Venus/Astarte, right
Reverse inscription L VOLVSIVS SATVRN
Edition L(ucius) Volusius Saturn(inus)
Translation Lucius Volusius Saturninus
Reverse design bare head of Saturninus, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.65 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Mu 10, FITA 230 (2), Alexandropoulos 61
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note See 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     P: 1984/1215
2 2     Milan: Brera 239 FITA, pl. VII, 29: rev.
3 3     ✸ CNG MBS 78, P. Villemur coll., 14 May 2008, lot 1544 (ex NCA B, 25 Feb. 1992, lot 1718)