RPC I, 157

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 157
Province Tarraconensis
Region Hispania
City Carthago Nova
Reign Augustus
Magistrate Gaius Aquinus Mela (duovir quinquennalis) ; Publius Baebius Pollio (duovir quinquennalis)
Obverse inscription P BAEBIVS POLLIO IIVIR QVIN
Edition P(ublius) Baebius Pollio IIvir quin(quennalis)
Translation Publius Baebius Pollio, quinquennial duovir
Obverse design Victory standing, right, holding wreath and palm branch
Reverse inscription C AQVINVS MELA IIVIR QVIN
Edition G(aius) Aquinus Mela IIvir quin(quennalis)
Translation Gaius Aquinus Mela, quinquennial duovir
Reverse design two signa
Metal copper
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.21 g
Axis 3, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12
Reference Vives 130–5, 6, FITA, pl. VIII–28, Beltrán 9, GMI 163, NAH 915
Specimens 96 (49 in the core collections)
Note For metal analysis, see Saguntum 21, 1987–8, 424.

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