RPC I, 881

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 881
Province Mauretania
Region Africa
City Iol
Reign Uncertain
Issue Under Augustus and Tiberius
Obverse inscription
Obverse design head of Africa with elephant skin, right
Reverse inscription CAESAREA
Edition Caesarea
Translation Caesarea
Reverse design dolphin, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.55 g
Axis 3, 5, 6, 8, 10
Reference Maz 563, Alexandropoulos 149b
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 689
2 2     Cop SNG 690
3 3     B: 479/1871
4 4     Tunis see Amandry, ‘Bilan’
5 5     H.J. Berk 109, 20 July 1999, lot 422
6 6     Roma Numismatics EA 26, 30 Apr. 2016, lot 27
7 7     Roma Numismatics EA 47, 28 June 2018, lot 55
8 8     ✸ P. Villemur coll. = CNG MBS 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1591