RPC I, 874

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 874
Province Mauretania
Region Africa
City Eastern Mauretanian mint
Reign Bocchus II
Person (obv.) Bocchus II
Obverse inscription REX BOCCHVS SOSI F
Edition Rex Bocchus Sosi f(ilius)
Translation King Bocchus, son of Sosus
Obverse design bearded head of Bocchus, right
Reverse inscription 𐤁𐤒𐤔 𐤇𐤌𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤕
Edition 𐤁𐤒𐤔 𐤇𐤌𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤕
Translation Bocchus king
Reverse design elephant, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.15 g
Axis 2
Reference Maz 119, Alexandropoulos 60
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1874,0715.493
2 2     ✸ L: 1938,0510.137 FITA, pl. V, 28
3 3     Jesús Vico S.A. 165, Cores coll., 23 Feb. 2023, lot 2095