URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/218
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Volume
I
Number
218
Province
Tarraconensis
Region
Hispania
City
Tarraco
Reign
Tiberius
Person (obv.)
Augustus (Divus)
Dating
Divus Augustus, after AD 15
Obverse inscription
DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER
Edition
Divus Augustus Pater
Translation
Divine Augustus, father
Obverse design
radiate head of Augustus, left
Reverse inscription
C V T T
Edition
c(olonia) V(rbs) T(riumphalis) T(arraco)
Translation
The triumphal colonial city of Tarraco
Reverse design
altar with palm
Metal
brass
Average diameter
34 mm
Average weight
23.49 g
Reference
Vives 170–1, GMI 410, Villaronga 10, NAH 1048
Specimens
20 (5 in the core collections)
Note
Forgeries: 1. B Löbb, 24,16; 2–3. Ba 4617, 9799. Metal analysis on coin L 239: Cu 75.00; Pb 0.400; Sn 0.220; Ag 0.040; Fe 0.190; Sb 0.130; Ni 0.010; Bi 0.003; Zn 22.07.
