Aristo–, Mutumbal, and Ricoce, Bronze, Sardinia - Caralis, ca. 38 BC; AE (g 26,26; mm 29; h 11); Jugate male heads r.; around, ARISTO MVTVMBAL RICOCE SVF, Rv. Tetrastyle temple façade; in pediment, eagle standing l. with wings displayed; around; VENERIS; in ex. KAR. RPC I 624; Müller, Afrique 319-20 (Carthage).
Rare, brownish patina and good very fine.
The portraits on the obverse are sometimes identified as Octavian and Agrippa, Octavian and M. Aemilius Lepidus, or Octavian and Caesar. More likely, they represent two of the magistrates responsible for the issue.
(850 GBP)