RPC I, 212

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 212
Province Tarraconensis
Region Hispania
City Tarraco
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Gaius (Caesar) ; Lucius (Caesar)
Issue Augustus, Gaius, and Lucius
Dating after 2BC
Obverse inscription CAESARES GEMINI
Edition Caesares Gemini
Translation the twin Caesars
Obverse design standing figures of Gaius and Lucius
Reverse inscription C V T TARR
Edition c(olonia) u(rbs) T(riumphalis) Tarr(aco)
Translation The triumphal colonial city of Tarraco
Reverse design bull, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average weight 4.21 g
Reference Vives 169–1, Villaronga 3
Specimens 19 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Ba: 30376
2 2     ✸ P: 171
3 3 –9     Villaronga 3 (except Copenhagen, SNG Cop 523 and L 218, that belong to Villaronga 2)
10 10     O
11 11     Madrid: 12691
12 12     Madrid: 12692
13 13     Madrid: 12693
14 14     Madrid: 12694
15 15     IVDJ Vives 169–1
16 16     L: 217
17 17     Vico 13 Nov. 2008, lot 188 = Vico 17 June 2010, lot 50
18 18     CNG EA 188 28 May 2008, lot 153
19 19     Vico 17 June 2010, lot 3046