RPC I, 810

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 810
Province Africa Proconsularis
Region Africa
City Thaena
Reign Augustus
Magistrate Aulus Vibius Habitus (proconsul)
Issue Augustus or Tiberius
Dating AD 13/17
Obverse inscription 𐤕𐤏𐤉𐤍‬𐤕
Edition 𐤕𐤏𐤉𐤍‬𐤕
Translation Thaena
Obverse design head of Sarapis, right
Reverse inscription P A VIBI HABITI PROCOS
Edition p(ermissu) A(ulii) Vibi(i) Habiti proco(n)s(ulis)
Translation by permission of Aulus Vibius Habitus, proconsul
Reverse design bare head, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.05 g
Axis 2, 6, 12
Reference SM 1983, 80–1, Alexandropoulos 55
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Note For the identity of the portrait on the reverse, see the introduction to Thaena.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1972,0703.1 Archaeological Reports for 1973–4, 70, no. 15, fig. 15: rev. only
2 2     P: 1983/413 SM 1983, 34, fig.
3 3     P. Villemur coll. = SM 1983, 81, fig. 2 = CNG MBS 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1558
4 4     NY: 2008.24.11 CNG Triton XI, 8 Jan. 2008, lot 563 (Villemur coll.)
5 5     ✸ CNG EA 415, 28 Feb. 2018, lot 475
6 6     CNG 433, 28 Nov. 2018, lot 238
7 7     VCoins Carthago Numismatics 2024