RPC I, 731

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 731
Province Africa Proconsularis
Region Africa
City Utica
Reign Tiberius
Person (rev.) Livia (Augusta)
Magistrate Aulus M— Gemellus (praetor) ; Nero Caesar (quaestor) ; Gaius Vibius Marsus (proconsul)
Issue Tiberius Imp VIII
Dating AD 27/8
Obverse inscription TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVG IMP VIII
Edition Ti(berius) Caesar Divi Aug(usti) Aug(ustus) Imp(erator) VIII
Translation Tiberius Caesar, son of the divine Augustus, Augustus, commander for the eighth time
Obverse design bare head of Tiberius, left
Reverse inscription C V MARSO PR(O)COS NER CAES Q PR A M GEMELLVS, D D / P P (in field)
Edition G(aio) V(ibio) Marso proco(n)s(ule) Ner(o) Caes(ar) q(uaestor) A(ulus) M(—) Gemellus D(ecreto) D(ecurionum) P(ecunia) P(ublica)
Translation under Gaius Vibius Marsus, proconsul; Nero Caesar, quaestor; Aulus M— Gemellus; by decree of the decurions, public money
Reverse design Livia seated, right, holding patera and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 12.53 g
Axis 3, 6, 12
Reference Mu 362, Alexandropoulos 115, Villemur pp. 87-8, XIII and Pl. 13-14
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 541
2 2     V: GR 26460
3 3     Cop SNG 437
4 4     B
5 5     ✸ CNG Triton XI, 8 Jan. 2008, lot 570 (P. Villemur coll.)
6 6     B: 18202688, Löbb
7 7     CGT coll.