RPC I, 122B

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 122B
Province Baetica
Region Hispania
City Carteia
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Magistrate Aufidius Rufus (quattuorvir)
Obverse inscription EX D D
Edition ex decreto decurionum ex d(ecreto) d(ecurionum)
Translation by decree of the decurions
Obverse design bare head, right
Reverse inscription AVFIDIVS RVFVS IIII VI[R]
Edition Aufidius Rufus IIIIvir Aufidius Rufus IIIIvir
Translation Aufidius Rufus, quattuorvir
Reverse design rider (Eros?) on a hippocamp, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.09 g
Axis 3, 11
Reference FITA 336
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)
Note Vives and Grant attributed this coin to Carteia. It was excluded from the coinage of that city and catalogued as Uncertain (5418). Nevertheless, a Spanish origin seems likely, as specimens of these series (122B and C) occur in Spanish collections.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B FITA, pl. IX, 27
2 2     Madrid
3 3     Collection Rubio (Cádiz)
4 4     IVDJ
5 5     Herrero 20 May 1991, lot 31
6 6     ✸ CNG EA 287, 26 Sept. 2012, lot 300
7 7     Vico 143, 5 Nov. 2015, lot 146
8 8     Collection Paulo Saccone
9 9     Imperio Numismático 18/8/2024