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 Imperator Caesar Imp(erator) Caesar
Translation Emperor Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Octavian/Augustus, right
Reverse inscription DIVI F
Edition Divi filius 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

# Specimen 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