RPC I, 112

 

Image of specimen #19

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 112
Province Baetica
Region Hispania
City Carteia
Reign Roman Republic
Magistrate Publius Falcidius (quattuorvir)
Dating 40 BC?
Obverse inscription CARTEIA
Edition Carteia
Translation Carteia
Obverse design head of Fortuna, right, trident behind
Reverse inscription P FALCIDIVS IIIIVIR (EX S C) F C
Edition P(ublius) Falcidius iiiivir ex S(enatus) C(onsulto) f(aciundum) c(uravit)
Translation Publius Falcidius, quattuorvir, by decree of the Senate, had (this) made
Reverse design club, bow and quiver
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.53 g
Axis 6
Reference Vives 128–1, Chaves 947–57
Specimens 21 (4 in the core collections)
Note In the ancient city of Carteia a strip of flans have been found during the archaeological digs (A. Arévalo, J. Blánquez y L. Roldán, El taller monetal de Carteia (San Roque, Cádiz): recientes testimonios arqueológicos, XVCongreso Nacional de Numismática (Madrid, 28-30 octubre 2014), Madrid, 2016, pp. 897-914). It seems to belong to the type RPC 122 (ca. 7 g and 21-22 mm). The alloy of the flan strip is composed of copper (97 %) and a small quantity of tin. These analyses are similar to that of coins belonging to type RPC 122 from Carteia. This find has allowed the authors to consider the feasability of the mint being located in the same place as the discovery of the strip.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY Chaves 948
2 2 –11     Chaves 947, 949–57
12 12     NY Chaves 958
13 13     Áureo 21/10/1997, lot 1042
14 14     Cayón 11/4/2002, lot 166
15 15     Vico 17 June 2010, lot 13 = Vico 4 June 2009, lot 36
16 16     Cayón 11 Apr. 2002, lot 166
17 17     Herrero 12 Dec. 2013, lot 52
18 18     Vico 5 Nov. 2015, lot 144
19 19     ✸ Künker 312, 8 Oct. 2018, lot 1532
20 20     NY: 2015.20.239
21 21     NY: 2019.2.182