RPC I, 228

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 228
Province Tarraconensis
Region Hispania
City Tarraco
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Augustus (Divus)
Issue Tiberius and Divus Augustus
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 Augustus, son of the divine Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Tiberius, right
Reverse inscription DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER C (V) T T(AR)
Edition Divus Augustus Pater colonia u(rbs) T(riumphalis) TAR(raco)
Translation Divine Augustus, the father, the triumphal colonial city of Tarraco
Reverse design radiate head of Augustus, right
Metal bronze
Average weight 8.78 g
Reference Vives 171–5, GMI 413, Villaronga 20a–b, NAH 1052
Specimens 98 (19 in the core collections)
Note Metal analysis on coin L 226: Cu 83.50; Pb 4.38; Sn 8.06; Ag 0.060; Fe 0.020; Sb 0.180; Ni 0.040; As 0.170; Bi 0.008. On coin L 228: Cu 79.37; Pb 10.91; Sn 9.43; Ag 0.090; Fe 0.210; Ni 0.760; As 0.210; Bi 0.004.

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