RPC I, 166

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 166
Province Tarraconensis
Region Hispania
City Carthago Nova
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Caesar)
Magistrate Gaius Helvius Pollio (praefectus) ; Quintus Varius Hiberus (praefectus)
Obverse inscription C HELVI POLL PR TI NERONE QVI
Edition G(aius) Helvi(us) Poll(io) pr(aefectus) Ti(berio) Nerone qui(nquennale)
Translation Gaius Helvius Pollio, prefect, under Tiberius Nero, the quinquennial duovir
Obverse design bare head (of Tiberius?), right
Reverse inscription HIBERO PRAEF
Edition Hibero praef(ecto)
Translation under Hibero, prefect
Reverse design simpulum, securis, aspergillum and apex
Metal bronze
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.41 g
Axis 1, 9
Reference Vives 130–17, Beltrán 25
Specimens 31 (14 in the core collections)
Note For metal analysis, see Saguntum 21, 1987–8, 424.

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