RPC I, 220

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 220
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 inscription within wreath
Metal brass
Average weight 24.58 g
Axis 5
Reference Vives 170–2, Hill 5–7, Villaronga 12, NAH 1049
Specimens 7 (0 in the core collections)
Note Metal analysis on coin L 240: Cu 76.00; Pb 0.020; Ag 0.040; Fe 0.130; Sb 0.050; Ni 0.001; Bi 0.003; Zn 22.49.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –3     Villaronga 12
4 4     Madrid: 12752 Vives 170–2
5 5     ✸ Naville XV = Hill 5–7
6 6     Herrero (14.11.1996) lot 3824.99
7 7     G. Missere, F. Missere, La collezione Missere di monete romane provinciale, Modena, 1999, no 10