RPC I, 808

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 808
Province Africa Proconsularis
Region Africa
City Thaena
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Person (rev.) Lucius Passienus Rufus (proconsul)
Magistrate Lucius Passienus Rufus (proconsul)
Dating AD 3 (?)
Obverse inscription IMP CAESAR DIVI F P P
Edition Imperator Caesar Divi filius Pater Patriae Imp(erator) Caesar Divi f(ilius) P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation Emperor Caesar, son of the divine, father of the fatherland
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right; in front, lituus
Reverse inscription L PASS[ ]VS RVFVS IMP
Edition Lucius Passienus Rufus imperator L(ucius) Pass[ien]us Rufus imp(erator)
Translation Lucius Passienus Rufus, commander
Reverse design bust of Passienus Rufus, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 29.28 g
Reference Mu Supp. 391, FITA 139 (4), Alexandropoulos 52
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note The specimen from the Künker sale offers the full obv. legend: IMP CAESAR DIVI F P P.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 110 FITA, pl. IV, 26: rev
2 2     ✸ Künker 124, 16 Mar. 2007, lot 8751