RPC I, 868

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 868
Province Mauretania
Region Africa
City Babba
Reign Augustus
Magistrate Gaius Mar(c?)ius Ambatus (praefectus for the second time)
Obverse inscription CAESAR AVGVST
Edition Caesar August(us)
Translation Caesar Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription AMBATVS PRAEF ITER IVLIA CAMP
Edition Ambatus praef(ectus) iter(um) Iulia Camp(estris)
Translation Ambatus, prefect for the second time, the Julian and campestrian (Babba)
Reverse design head of Baal-Merqart, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 35.77 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference FITA 182–4, Amandry RN 1984, 88–89, pl. VIII, Alexandropoulos 176
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Note The obverse legend must certainly be read as IVLIA CAMP and not C MAR, pace Amandry RN 1984.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G 0328 FITA, pl. VI, 13: rev
2 2     ✸ P FITA, pl. VI, 13: obv.
3 3     Naumann 107, F. Jarman coll., 5 Sept. 2021, lot 1299 (ex Gorny & Mosch 186, 8 Mar. 2010, lot 1745)