RPC I, 758

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 758
Province Africa Proconsularis
Region Africa
City Paterna
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Dating c. 20 BC (?)
Obverse inscription CAESAR DIVI F
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, left; in front, lituus
Reverse inscription EX D D COLONIAE IVLIAE PI PAT
Reverse design Mercury wearing petasus and holding caduceus, seated on rock, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Axis 2, 5, 8, 12
Reference Alexandropoulos 93
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Tunis formerly Provotelle coll.
2 2     PV coll. = Tintinna Asta Elettronica 52, 16 Jan. 2016, lot 3002, described as ‘Grando bronzocolonial. Da classificare’
3 3     Private coll.
4 4     Roma Numismatics EA 43, 3 Feb. 2018, lot 298
5 5     Naumann 104, 4 July 2021, lot 529
6 6     CNG 423, 27 June 2018, lot 335