RPC I, 198

 

Image of specimen #96

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 198
Province Tarraconensis
Region Hispania
City Ilici
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Papirius Avitus (duovir) ; Lucius Terentius Longus (duovir)
Obverse inscription TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVG(VSTVS) P M
Edition Ti(berius) Caesar Divi Aug(usti) f(ilius) Augustus P(ontifex) M(aximus)
Translation Tiberius Caesar, son of the divine Augustus, Augustus, chief priest
Obverse design bare head of Tiberius, left
Reverse inscription C I I A L TER LON L PAP AVIT IIVIR Q, IVNCTIO
Edition c(olonia) I(ulia) I(lici) A(ugusta) L(ucius) Ter(entius) Lon(gus) L(ucius) Pap(irius) Avit(us) IIvir(i) q(uinquennales) iunctio
Translation the Julian colony of Ilici Augusta, Lucius Terentius Longus, Lucius Papirius Avitus, quinquennial duovirs, handclasp
Reverse design two togate figures standing with hands clasped over thymiaterion
Metal copper
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 11.55 g
Axis 3, 12
Reference Vives 133–13, Llorens 140–68, NAH 1112, GMI 1021
Specimens 96 (11 in the core collections)
Note For metal analysis, see Llorens, p. 62. The object between the two togate figures previously described as an altar is in fact a thymiaterion (see A. M. Faria, R. P. Arq. 9.2, 2006, p. 222)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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