RPC I, 869

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 869
Province Mauretania
Region Africa
City Babba
Reign Augustus
Magistrate Gaius Mar(c?)ius Ambatus (praefectus for the second time) ; Aulus Te— Tiro (aedile) ; Vibius Ac— Ax— (aedile)
Dating c. 19 BC (?)
Obverse 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)
Obverse design head of Bacchus, right
Reverse inscription VAC AX A TE TIRO AED
Edition V(ibius) Ac(—) Ax(—) A(ulus) Te(—) Tiro aed(iles)
Translation V(ibius) Ac— Ax— (and) Aulus Te— Tiro, aediles
Reverse design female head (Ceres?), right: in field, ear of grain, left and right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 9.94 g
Axis 1, 2, 6, 12
Reference FITA 182–4, RN 1984, 88–94, pl. VIII, Alexandropoulos 177
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1886/999
2 2     Cop SNG 752 = FITA, pl. VI, 14
3 3     Formerly coll. de Guadán = NUMISMA 19, 1969, 9
4 4     J. Hirsch 15/1906, lot 39
5 5     Madrid: 2015.112.203
6 6     CNG EA 318, 15 Jan. 2014, lot 500
7 7     CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 321
8 8     Roma Numismatics EA 104, 15 Dec. 2022, lot 41
9 9     ✸ Jesús Vico S.A. 165, Cores coll., 23 Feb. 2023, lot 2253