RPC I, 672

 

Image of specimen #39

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 672
Province Sicily
Region Sicily
City Melita
Reign Roman Republic
Magistrate Gaius Arruntanus Balbus (propraetor)
Issue Triumviral period (?)
Obverse inscription ΜΕΛΙΤΑΙΩΝ
Edition Μελιταίων
Translation of the Melitans
Obverse design veiled head (Astarte?) with stephane, left
Reverse inscription C ARRVNTANVS BALB PROPR
Edition G(aius) Arruntanus Balb(us) propr(aetor)
Translation Gaius Arruntanus Balbus propraetor
Reverse design curule chair
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.34 g
Axis 1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12
Reference Coleiro no. 10, Holm 727, Gabrici 17, Cop 473
Specimens 55 (20 in the core collections)

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