RPC I, 218

 

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Coin type
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.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Bologna: 311
2 2     N: 214
3 3     P: 180
4 4     P: 181
5 5     O
6 6     O
7 7     Rome: 215
8 8     V: 235
9 9 –15     Villaronga 10
16 16     Madrid: 12749
17 17     Madrid: 12750
18 18     Madrid: 12751
19 19     ✸ IVDJ Vives 170–1
20 20     Numismatica Ars Classica 29–30/3/1989, 529