RPC I, 165

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 165
Province Tarraconensis
Region Hispania
City Carthago Nova
Reign Augustus
Magistrate Lucius Bennius (praefectus) ; Quintus Varius Hiberus (praefectus)
Obverse inscription L BENNIO PRAEF
Edition Lucio Bennio praefecto L(ucio) Bennio praef(ecto)
Translation under Lucius Bennius, prefect
Obverse design palm branch
Reverse inscription HIBERO PRAEF
Edition Hibero praefecto Hibero praef(ecto)
Translation under Hiberus, prefect
Reverse design simpulum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 2.93 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Vives 131–3, Beltrán 20
Specimens 13 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Calicó 6/1979, 339
2 2     P: 798
3 3     P: 799
4 4     L: 1194
5 5     Albacete: 1946
6 6     NY: HSA 12128
7 7     ✸ NY: 23724 Vico 26/6/2012, 130, Hispanic Society of America, lot 169
8 8     IVDJ: 2760 Vives 131–3, formerly S de C 1200; Ruiz Trapero, María | Las monedas hispánicas del Instituto Valencia de Don Juan | Madrid | Instituto de Valencia de Don Juan | 2000, nº 2760
9 9     Herrero 13/2/2003, lot 33 = Herrero 4/10/2001, lot 59
10 10     Cores coll. = Vico 14/4/2021, 158, Cores XI, lot 39
11 11     Herrero 1/12/2005, lot 45
12 12     Cayón Subastas 21/1/2011, lot 2103
13 13     Antonio Grau Vázquez