RPC I, 875

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 875
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 𐤇𐤌𐤕
Edition 𐤁𐤒𐤔 𐤇𐤌𐤕
Translation Bocchus King
Reverse design lion, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 6.64 g
Axis 2, 9
Reference Maz 120 and 120bis, Alexandropoulos 61
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P Maz 120
2 2     P Maz 120bis
3 3     Formerly G. L. coll. = Libya, 1956, 59
4 4     ✸ CNG Triton XI, 8 Jan. 2008, lot 344 (Villemur coll.) = CNA XXI, 26 June 1992, lot 248
5 5     Roma Numismatics EA 81, 25 Feb. 2021, lot 799