RPC I, 223


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Coin type
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Volume	I
Number	223
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
Edition	c(olonia) V(rbs) T(riumphalis) T(arraco)
Translation	The triumphal colonial city of Tarraco
Reverse design	inscription within wreath
Metal	brass
Average diameter	34 mm
Average weight	22.44 g
Reference	Vives 170–5, Villaronga 15
Specimens	3 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Note	More
1	1 ✸	L: 243	Villaronga 15	34	22.82	metal analysis on coin: Cu 77.50; Pb 0.040; Ag 0.031; Fe 0.040; Sb 0.140; Ni 0.001; Bi 0.003; Zn 22.82.	Show
2	2	IVDJ	Vives 170–5	34	21.25		Show
3	3		J. Benages, Les monedes de Tarragona, Tarragona, 1994, p. 176, no. 6		23.24		Show