RPC I, 269

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 269
Province Tarraconensis
Region Hispania
City Lepida-Celsa
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Magistrate Lucius Cornelius Fronto (duovir) ; Lucius Pompeius Bucco (duovir)
Issue Octavian (?)
Dating before 27 BC (?)
Obverse inscription COL V I CELSA IIVIR
Edition col(onia) V(ictrix) I(ulia) Celsa IIvir
Translation The victorious Julian colony of Celsa, duovir
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription L POMPE BVCCO L CORNE FRONT(O)
Edition L(ucio) Pompe(io) Bucco(ne) L(ucio) Corne(lio) Fronto(ne)
Translation under Lucius Pompeius Bucco, (and) Lucius Cornelius Fronto
Reverse design bull, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.48 g
Axis 2, 10
Reference Vives 160–9, Hill 13–1, GMI 438, NAH 899
Specimens 71 (24 in the core collections)
Note Barbarous imitation: 1. O, 9.59. Countermarks: R(= cmk 33) on the rev., on 11,18,61. Eagle's head, r.(=cmk 4), on the obv., on 20, 26. TI (= cmk 69) on the rev., on 19. Spear head(= cmk 8) on obv., on 14. Monogram(= cmk 93) on the rev., on 64. Also Guadán 25 (not verified).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ANE 23–24/10/1984, 106
2 2     ANE 15–16/12/1981, 199
3 3     Bologna: 247
4 4     Bologna: 248
5 5     Bologna: 249
6 6     Calicó 6/1979, 426
7 7     Calicó 6/1979, 427
8 8     Milan: 221
9 9     MMAG 487 (1986) 1
10 10     Mu: 83
11 11     Mu: 84
12 12     ✸ O: HCR48992 AMC 969
13 13     O AMC 970
14 14     P: 249
15 15     P: 252
16 16     P: 253
17 17     P: 254
18 18     P: 255
19 19     P: 256
20 20     P: 257
21 21     P: S de R
22 22     Rome: 178
23 23     Tübingen: 27
24 24     V: 106
25 25     B: 18237211, 17105
26 26     B: 18237212, Dressel
27 27     B: 18237214, Bohl
28 28     B: Löbb.
29 29     B: 27874
30 30     Ba: 4903
31 31     Ba: 9588
32 32     Ba: 9589
33 33     Ba: 9590
34 34     Ba: 14844
35 35     Ba: 14851
36 36     Ba: 23657
37 37     Ba: 23658
38 38     Ba: 26643
39 39     Ba: 30500
40 40     Ba: 109198
41 41     L: 374
42 42     L: 375
43 43     L: 376
44 44     L: 377
45 45     L: 378
46 46     Madrid: 9757 Vives 160–9
47 47     Madrid: 9756
48 48     Madrid: 9758
49 49     Madrid: 9759
50 50     Madrid: 9766
51 51     Madrid: 9768
52 52     Madrid: 9769
53 53     Madrid: 9770
54 54     Madrid: 9774
55 55     Madrid: 9779
56 56     Madrid: 9780
57 57     Madrid: 9782
58 58     Madrid: 9783
59 59     Madrid: 9784
60 60     Madrid: 9789
61 61     Madrid: 9791
62 62     Madrid: Sastre 6603
63 63     Madrid: Sastre 6604
64 64     Madrid: Sastre 6605
65 65     C: 610
66 66     Numismatica Ars Classica 29–30/3/1989, 359
67 67     Áureo 16– 17/12/1997, lot 1241
68 68     Vico 16/3/1999, lot 22
69 69     Áureo 1/7/1999, lot 2240
70 70     Valencia SIAM 780
71 71     Naville Numismatics 24, 17 July 2016, lot 188