RPC I, 211

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 211
Province Tarraconensis
Region Hispania
City Tarraco
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Gaius (Caesar) ; Lucius (Caesar)
Issue Augustus, Gaius, and Lucius
Dating after 2BC
Obverse inscription CAESAR(ES) GEM(INI)
Edition Caesares Gemini
Translation the twin Caesars
Obverse design standing figures of Gaius and Lucius, holding shields between them
Reverse inscription C V T TAR(R)
Edition c(olonia) u(rbs) T(riumphalis) Tarr(aco)
Translation The triumphal colonial city of Tarraco
Reverse design bull, right
Metal bronze
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.30 g
Axis 6
Reference Vives 169–2, 3, Hill 5–4, GMI 407, Villaronga 2, NAH 954
Specimens 44 (8 in the core collections)
Note Forgery: 1. M Sastre 6969

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