RPC I, 165

 

Image of specimen #2

 

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 L(ucio) Bennio praef(ecto)
Translation under Lucius Bennius, prefect
Obverse design palm branch
Reverse inscription HIBERO PRAEF
Edition Hibero praef(ecto)
Translation under Hibero, prefect
Reverse design simpulum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 2.81 g
Reference Vives 131–3, Beltrán 20
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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
8 8     IVDJ Vives 131–3, formerly S de C 1200
9 9     Herrero 13/2/2003, lot 33 = Herrero 4/10/2001, lot 59
10 10     Cores coll.
11 11     Herrero 1/12/2005, lot 45