RPC I, 503a

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 503a
Province Gallia Belgica
Region Gaul
City Uncertain mint of Hirtius
Reign Roman Republic
Magistrate Aulus Hirtius ; Athediac
Obverse inscription AΘIIDIACΙ
Edition Aθiidiaci Aθiidiaci
Translation Athediac
Obverse design head, right
Reverse inscription A HIR IMP
Edition Aulus Hirtius Imperator A(ulus) Hir(tius) Imp(erator)
Translation Aulus Hirtius commander
Reverse design lion, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 2.97 g
Reference BN 8086–94, FITA 391–2, Scheers, Traité, no. 153, Delestrée II B 1
Specimens 11 (2 in the core collections)
Note 503 a-d: see now L.-P. Delestrée, Les premières monnaies gallo-romaines portant le nom d’A. Hirtius, RBN CLXV (2019), pp. 243-51.
Feedback

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 8086A Fita, pl. IX, 24
2 2 –10     Scheers, Traité, 648, class I
11 11     P: 8087