RPC I, 222


Image of specimen #6

Coin type
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Volume	I
Number	222
Province	Tarraconensis
Region	Hispania
City	Tarraco
Reign	Tiberius
Person (obv.)	Augustus (Divus)
Dating	Divus Augustus, after AD 15
Obverse inscription	DEO AVGVSTO
Edition	Deo Augusto
Translation	to the god Augustus
Obverse design	Divus Augustus seated, left, on throne, holding Victory on globe with right hand and long sceptre with left
Reverse inscription	C V T T AETERNITATIS AVGVSTAE
Edition	c(olonia) V(rbs) T(riumphalis) T(arraco) AETERNITATIS AVGVSTAE
Translation	triumphal colonial city of Tarraco, of Augusta Aeternitas
Reverse design	temple with eight columns
Metal	brass
Average diameter	34 mm
Average weight	22.01 g
Reference	Vives 170–6, Hill 5–6, Villaronga 14, NAH 1050
Specimens	12 (3 in the core collections)
Note	Forgery: M 12759.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Note	More
1	1	Ba: 4620		34	19.41		Show
2	2	Mu: 177		34	17.55		Show
3	3	N: 215		34	24.14		Show
4	4	P: 183		34	20.06		Show
5	5	Rome: 216		34	22.30		Show
6	6 ✸	L: 241	Hill 5–6	34	24.05	metal analysis on coin: Cu 77.20; Pb 0.080; Ag 0.030; Fe 0.060; Sb 0.200; Bi 0.003; Zn 22.95.	Show
7	7 –8		Villaronga 14 (except L 241)	34			Show
9	9	Madrid: 12757		34	20.93		Show
10	10	Madrid: 12758		34	26.16		Show
11	11		Schweizerischer Bankverein 29/1/1987, 21	34	23.50		Show
12	12	IVDJ	Vives 170–6	34			Show