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Image of specimen #19 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/781 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | I |
Number | 781 |
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 | AFR FA MAX COS PROCOS VIIVIR EPVLO |
Edition | Afr(icanus) Fa(bius) Max(imus) Co(n)s(ul) proco(n)s(ul) VIIvir epulo(num) |
Translation | Fabius Africanus Maximus, consul, proconsul, septemvir of the feast |
Obverse design | bare head of Africanus, right |
Reverse inscription | C LIVIN GALLVS Q ORO PR |
Edition | G(aius) Livin(—) Gallus Q(uintus) Oro(—) Pr(—) |
Translation | Gaius Livin— Gallus, Quintus Oro— Pr— |
Reverse design | elephant crushing serpent, left |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 23 mm |
Average weight | 6.49 g |
Axis | 1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 12 |
Reference | Mu 37, FITA 139 (3), Alexandropoulos 92 |
Specimens | 26 (9 in the core collections) |
Note | The legend correctly reads ...PROCOS VII VIR EPVLO (i.e. VIR was missed out), as noted by Lanz 94, 22 Nov. 1999, lot 126 = Peus 333, 6-11 May 1992, lot 680. The legend of 780 is, however, correctly given (no VIR). |
Correction | Corrected coin-type (post publication) |