RPC I, 799

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 799
Province Africa Proconsularis
Region Africa
City Achulla
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Person (rev.) Julius Caesar (Divus)
Magistrate Lucius Volusius Saturninus (proconsul)
Dating 7/6 BC
Obverse inscription CAESAR DIVI F ACHVLLA
Edition Caesar Divi filius Achulla Caesar Divi f(ilius) Achulla
Translation Caesar, son of the divine, Achulla
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription DIVOS IVLIVS
Edition Divus Iulius Div{o}<u>s Iulius
Translation Divine Julius
Reverse design bare head of Caesar, left; all in a laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Average weight 26.00 g
Axis 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10
Reference Mu 6, FITA 230 (1), Alexandropoulos 58
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
Note See now M. Amandry ‘Notes de Numismatique Africaine, VI. 8.Achulla’, RN 1992, pp. 46-53.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1874,0715.431
2 2     Milan: Brera 238
3 3     NY: 1944.100.79605 ex Naville, Levis coll., 166 = A. Cahn 66/1928, 555
4 4     NY: 1953.171.1802
5 5     ✸ CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 1109
6 6     Naumann 107, F. Jarman coll., 5 Sept. 2021, lot 1298 (ex Roma Numismatics EA 38, 29 July 2017, lot 325)
7 7     CGT coll. = Roma Numismatics EA 38, 29 July 2017, lot 326
8 8     CNG EA 417, 28 Mar. 2018, lot 407