RPC I, 231

 

Image of specimen #44

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 231
Province Tarraconensis
Region Hispania
City Tarraco
Reign Tiberius
Issue Tiberius and Divus Augustus
Dating after AD 15
Obverse inscription
Obverse design bull, right, with 'pediment' above head
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 copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.72 g
Axis 12
Reference Vives 169–5, Hill 5–11, GMI 411, Villaronga 22
Specimens 45 (8 in the core collections)
Note Forgery: 1. M Sastre 6970.

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