RPC I, 873

 

Image of specimen #3

 

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 filius 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 𐤁𐤒𐤔 𐤇𐤌𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤕
Edition 𐤁𐤒𐤔 𐤇𐤌𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤕 𐤁𐤒𐤔 𐤇𐤌𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤕
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)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1872,0709.365 FITA, pl. V, 27
2 2     L: 1938,0510.138
3 3     ✸ P: 741
4 4     Alger
5 5     Alger
6 6     Alger
7 7 –8     Amandry, ‘Bilan’: 2 additional specimens
9 9     Atalaya
10 10     Jesús Vico S.A. 165, Cores coll., 23 Feb. 2023, lot 2094