RPC I, 225


Image of specimen #6

Coin type
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Volume	I
Number	225
Province	Tarraconensis
Region	Hispania
City	Tarraco
Reign	Tiberius
Person (obv.)	Tiberius (Augustus)
Issue	Tiberius
Dating	after AD 15
Obverse inscription	TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS
Edition	Ti(berius) Caesar Divi Aug(usti) f(ilius) Augustus
Translation	Tiberius Caesar, son of the divine Augustus, Augustus
Obverse design	bare or laureate head of Tiberius, 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 weight	21.57 g
Reference	Vives 171–2, Hill 5–8, Villaronga 17, NAH 1074
Specimens	20 (3 in the core collections)
Note	Metal analysis on coin L 245: Cu 79.00; Pb 0.070; Sn 0.210; Ag 0.040; Fe 0.180; Sb 0.005; Ni 0.001; Bi 0.003; Zn 20.95.