RPC I, 753

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 753
Province Africa Proconsularis
Region Africa
City Carthage
Reign Augustus
Magistrate Decimus V— Sp— (duovir) ; Publius I— Sp— (duovir)
Dating AD 10
Obverse inscription C I C D D P P
Edition c(olonia) I(ulia) C(arthago) d(ecreto) d(ecurionum) p(ecunia) p(ublica)
Translation the Julian colony of Carthage, by decree of the decurions, public money
Obverse design veiled head, left
Reverse inscription P I SP D V SP IIVIR C I C
Edition P(ublius) I(—) Sp(—) D(ecimus) V(—) Sp(—) IIvir(i) c(olonia) I(ulia) C(arthago)
Translation Publius I— Sp— (and) Decimus V— Sp— duovirs, the Julian colony of Carthage
Reverse design simpulum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average weight 2.09 g
Reference Alexandropoulos 105
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 752/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O C. King, NC 1975, 74 unknown quadrans
2 2     ✸ L: 1988,1126.1
3 3     Carthage Punic Port KL 12.002 C1058 ( = J. W. Betlyon, RN 164, 2008, p. 331, no. 11).