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Image of specimen #2 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/802 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | I |
Number | 802 |
Province | Africa Proconsularis |
Region | Africa |
City | Cercina |
Reign | Augustus |
Person (rev.) | Augustus |
Magistrate | Lucius Volusius Saturninus (proconsul) |
Dating | 7/6 BC |
Obverse inscription | PERM L VOLVSI PROCOS CERC |
Edition | perm(issu) L(ucii) Volusi(i) Saturninus proco(n)s(ulis) Cerc(ina) |
Translation | by the permission of Lucius Volusius Saturninus, proconsul, Cercina |
Obverse design | crab, helmeted head of Virtus, right |
Reverse inscription | IMP CAESAR DIVI F AVGVSTVS |
Edition | Imp(erator) Caesar Divi f(ilius) Augustus |
Translation | Emperor Caesar, son of the divine, Augustus |
Reverse design | bare head of Augustus, right; in front, lituus |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average weight | 32.62 g |
Axis | 1, 6, 12 |
Reference | Mu 65 (Gergis), Alexandropoulos 57 |
Specimens | 3 (2 in the core collections) |
Note | Description of the obverse suggested by A. Hostein. |