RPC I, 265

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 265
Province Tarraconensis
Region Hispania
City Lepida-Celsa
Reign Roman Republic
Magistrate Lucius Sempronius Maximus (aedile) ; Marcus Caec(ilius?) (aedile)
Obverse inscription C V I L
Edition c(olonia) V(ictrix) I(ulia) L(epida)
Translation the victorious Julian colony of Lepida
Obverse design head of Hercules, right; club behind
Reverse inscription L SEMP MAX M CAEC AED
Edition L(ucius) Semp(ronius) Max(imus) M(arcus) Caec(ilius?) aed(iles)
Translation Lucius Sempronius Maximus, Marcus Caec(ilius?), aediles
Reverse design bull, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 6.94 g
Reference Vives 160–6, NAH 897
Specimens 18 (1 in the core collections)
Note Forgery: 1. Áureo 7/03/2001, lot 165, 6.32 (this coin was cast from the IVDJ 2530, 6.77 or both are castfrom an as yet not identified model; confirmationabout genuineness of IVDJ 2530 needed).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Calicó 6/1979, 425
2 2     L: 373
3 3     Madrid: 9751 Vives 160–6
4 4     Madrid: 9752
5 5     Madrid: 9753
6 6     Madrid: 9754
7 7     Madrid: 9755
8 8     ✸ Villaronga coll. 6220
9 9     Herrero 13/2/2003, lot 90 = Áureo 16– 17/12/1997, lot 1240
10 10     Áureo 21/1/1997, lot 151
11 11     Herrero 24/5/1990, lot, 40
12 12     Áureo 21/10/1997, lot 447
13 13     Áureo 2/7/1996
14 14     Vico 19/11/1992, lot 34
15 15     Áureo 31/5/2006, lot 43
16 16     Herrero 12 Dec. 2007, lot 350
17 17     Vico 17 June 1993, lot 81
18 18     Vico 11 Nov. 2010