RPC I, 873

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 873
Province Mauretania
Region Africa
City Eastern Mauretanian mint
Reign Bocchus II
Obverse inscription REX BOCCHVS SOSI F
Edition Rex Bocchus Sosi f(ilius)
Translation King Bocchus, son of Sosus
Obverse design janiform head (representing Octavian and Bocchus?); floral ornament above the head
Reverse inscription 𐀁𐀒𐀔 π€‡π€Œπ€Œπ€‹π€Šπ€•
Edition 𐀁𐀒𐀔 π€‡π€Œπ€Œπ€‹π€Šπ€•
Translation Bocchus king
Reverse design head of Africa with elephant skin, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 15.13 g
Axis 5
Reference FITA 175–6, Maz 118, Alexandropoulos 63
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type