RPC I, 533

 

Image of specimen #78

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 533
Province Gallia Narbonensis
Region Gaul
City Arausio
Reign Roman Republic
Person (obv.) Agrippa ; Augustus
Obverse inscription IMP DIVI F
Obverse design bare heads of Augustus, right, and Agrippa, left
Reverse inscription
Reverse design prow with superstructure, right; on the prow, 'eye'; above, medallion enclosing a ram's head?
Metal bronze
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 9
Reference FITA 208–10, RN 1984, 77–84
Specimens 79 (7 in the core collections)
Note See now V. Geneviève, ‘Le monnayage colonial d’Octave à la proue et « à la tête de bélier’ (Arausio ? RPC 533). Une nouvelle proposition d’attribution : Tolosa ?’, in M. Paz García-Bellido, A. Mostalac and A. Jiménez (eds), Del Imperium de Pompeyo a la Auctoritas de Augusto. Homenaje a Michael Grant, Anejos de AEspA XL- VII (2008), pp. 191-208. With an updated inventory of finds, from archaeological excavations and private collections, Geneviève challenges the attribution of this coinage to Arausio and its area, and offers, with quite good arguments, a new hypothesis for their minting place: the city of Tolosa (Toulouse).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Coll. Laffaille
2 2 –26     see Giard, RN 1984, 77–8
27 27     formerly coll. H. Müller
28 28     formerly coll. H. Müller
29 29     formerly coll. H. Müller
30 30     coll. Erskine
31 31     Avignon: 521
32 32     Nimes
33 33     Nimes
34 34     Nimes
35 35     Carpentras
36 36     Carpentras
37 37     Carpentras
38 38     B: Fox
39 39     B: Löbb.
40 40     Mailhac
41 41     L: 1901–5–3–239
42 42     PV = Spink Geneva, 15–16 Feb. 1977, 228
43 43     Fontaine des Chartreux J.-L. Desnier, Métal Pensant, 1988/1, 143
44 44     Poinsignon, coll. R. Heitz 4 Dec. 1985, 241
45 45     coll. V.M. (Avignon)
46 46     coll. V.M. (Avignon)
47 47     coll. V.M. (Avignon)
48 48     coll. V.M. (Avignon)
49 49     coll. Majurel
50 50     coll. Majurel
51 51     V: 512
52 52     coll. J.L. (Avignon)
53 53     coll. J.L. (Avignon)
54 54     coll. J.L. (Avignon)
55 55     coll. J.L. (Avignon)
56 56     Klag 82
57 57     Ponsignon and Pesce 3e VSO, 9 June 1986, 476
58 58     coll. H.N. (Avignon)
59 59     Marseille
60 60     Nemours
61 61     Gap
62 62     RW
63 63     P: 4664c
64 64     P: Delepierre
65 65     L: 1901–5–3–161
66 66     coll. Petit (Dijon)
67 67     Saint-Omer: 55
68 68     Peus 316/1986, 9
69 69     Orléans
70 70     Boulogne-sur-Mer
71 71     Cilhes (Hérault)
72 72     Milan
73 73     Venice-MAN: 3847
74 74     Lyon
75 75     Lyon
76 76     Lyon
77 77     Ponterio Sale 148 - N.Y.I.N.C., 9 Jan. 2009, lot 272
78 78     ✸ Elsen 125, 13 June 2015, lot 309
79 79     S. Dumont coll.