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

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ANE 6–7/6/1984, 101
2 2     ANE 29–30/10/1985, 173
3 3     Ba: 9795
4 4     Ba: 15107
5 5     Ba: 15108
6 6     Ba: 30378
7 7     Bologna: 310
8 8     Cop SNG 523
9 9     P: 172
10 10     V: 226
11 11     ✸ L: 218 Hill 5–4 = FITA 7–19
12 12 –34     Villaronga 2 (except MAT 1388, which belongs to Villaronga 4; L 217, which belongs to Villaronga 3, and L 218)
35 35     B: 18237473, Bohl
36 36     B: 18237485, Löbb
37 37     Madrid: 12695
38 38     Madrid: 12697
39 39     Madrid: 12698
40 40     Madrid: 12700
41 41     IVDJ Vives 169–2
42 42     O AMC 999
43 43     NY: HSA 24568
44 44     Martí Hervera & Soler y Llach 31 Mar. 2009, lot 2126