RPC I, 861A


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Coin type
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Volume	I
Number	861A
Province	Mauretania
Region	Africa
City	Tingi
Reign	Roman Republic
Magistrate	Maior (duovir) ; Simint— (duovir)
Dating	33–27 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design	head of Baal-Melqart or Ocean, right; behind, sceptre
Reverse inscription	TING MAIOR SIMINT IIVIR
Edition	Ting(i) Maior Simint(—) IIvir(i)
Translation	Tingi, Maior (and) Simint—, duovirs
Reverse design	ear of corn
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	21 mm
Average weight	5.85 g
Axis	8
Specimens	1 (1 in the core collections)
Note	A new denomination, probably a half, with the names of the duovirs Maior and Simint[], who struck RPC 861. See P. Villemur, Une monnaie inédite à légende latine de Iulia Tingi en Maurétanie, BSFN 70, 5, Mai 2015, pp. 116-21.
Addition	Additional coin-type (post publication)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			NY: 2018.26.1	CNG EA 343, 28 Jan. 2015, lot 371	21	5.85	8		Show