RPC I, 878

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 878
Province Mauretania
Region Africa
City Iol
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Obverse inscription IMP CAESAR
Edition Imp(erator) Caesar
Translation Emperor Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Octavian/Augustus, right
Reverse inscription DIVI F
Edition Divi f(ilius)
Translation son of the Divine
Reverse design head of Africa with elephant skin, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.22 g
Axis 2, 9, 11
Reference Maz 122, Alexandropoulos 65
Specimens 13 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1935,0614.14
2 2     L: 1938,0510.139
3 3     P: 742
4 4     P: 743
5 5     Cop SNG 543
6 6     ✸ NY: 2015.20.782 CNG Triton XI, 8 Jan. 2008, lot 575 (Villemur coll.) = Christie’s, 26 Feb. 1991, part of lot 429
7 7     Private coll. = Mazard, Libyca IV, 1956, 63, no. 122bis
8 8     Alger
9 9     NY: 2015.20.780 Amandry, ‘Bilan’: 1 additional specimen
10 10     Atalaya
11 11     RBW
12 12     Naville Numismatics 22, 1 May 2016, lot 370
13 13     Jesús Vico S.A. 165, 23 Feb. 2023, lot 2096