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| Image of specimen #1 | |
| URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/776 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
| Volume | I |
| Number | 776 |
| Province | Africa Proconsularis |
| Region | Africa |
| City | Hadrumetum |
| Reign | Augustus |
| Person (rev.) | Publius Quinctilius Varus (proconsul) |
| Magistrate | Publius Quinctilius Varus (proconsul) |
| Dating | 8–7 BC |
| Obverse inscription | HADRVME |
| Edition | Hadrume(tum) |
| Translation | Hadrumetum |
| Obverse design | head of Sol, left; trident |
| Reverse inscription | P QVINTLI VARVS |
| Edition | P(ublius) Quin(c)t(i)li(us) Varus |
| Translation | Publius Quinctilius Varus |
| Reverse design | bare heads of Varus, right |
| Metal | copper-based alloy |
| Average diameter | 30 mm |
| Average weight | 12.13 g |
| Axis | 4, 6, 12 |
| Reference | Mu 26, Alexandropoulos 87 |
| Specimens | 8 (3 in the core collections) |
| Note | The correct reading of the reverse legend is P QVINTLI VARVS and not P QVINTLI VARI (as stated by RPC) or P QVINTILI VARI (as stated by Alexandropoulos). |
| Correction | Corrected coin-type (post publication) |
Specimens of this coin type
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B: 18205052, Rauch | K. Regling, 'Varus aus Münzen', Amtl. Ber. aus den König, Kunstsammlungen 35, 1913/14, 325–6, fig. 2 |
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C. Roettger coll. = CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 335 (Villemur coll.) | |
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C. Roettger coll. = CNG MBS 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1548 (Villemur coll.) | |
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C. Roettger coll. = Peus 398, 28 Apr. 2009, lot 793 | |
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C. Roettger coll. | |
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P: 1994/347 | |
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NY: 1987.142.1 | |
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C. Roettger coll. (ex CNG EA 423, 27 June 2018, lot 332) |
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