RPC I, 780

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 780
Province Africa Proconsularis
Region Africa
City Hadrumetum
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Fabius Africanus Maximus (proconsul)
Magistrate Fabius Africanus (proconsul)
Dating 6–5 BC
Obverse inscription AFRIC FABIVS MAX COS PROCOS VII EPVL
Edition Afric(anus) Fabius Max(imus) Co(n)s(ul) proco(n)s(ul) VII(vir) epul(onum)
Translation Fabius Africanus Maximus, consul, proconsul, septemvir of the feast
Obverse design bare head of Africanus, right
Reverse inscription HADRVM
Edition Hadrum(etum)
Translation Hadrumetum
Reverse design bust of Baal with tiara; he rises right hand and has two ears of corn in left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 13.43 g
Axis 1, 2, 3, 11
Reference Mu 29, Alexandropoulos 91
Specimens 13 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 106 FITA, pl. VII, 28: obv.
2 2     P: 106bis
3 3     Cop SNG 65 = ex Santamaria, Signorelli coll., II, 1623 = Niggeler II, 784
4 4     O AMC 1499
5 5     Cop SNG 64
6 6     Amsterdam
7 7     NY: 1980.23.13
8 8     B: Löbb.
9 9     B: Rauch
10 10     L: 1988,0106.2
11 11     CNG EA 433, 28 Nov. 2018, lot 238
12 12     CGT coll. = Roma Numismatics E-Live 1, 25 July 2018, lot 370
13 13     CNG Triton XI, P. Villemur coll., 8 Jan. 2008, lot 560