RPC I, 271

 

Image of specimen #35

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 271
Province Tarraconensis
Region Hispania
City Lepida-Celsa
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Magistrate Lucius Bucco (duovir) ; Lucius Sura (duovir)
Obverse inscription AVGVSTVS DIVI F
Edition Augustus Divi f(ilius)
Translation Augustus, son of the divine
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription C V I CEL L SVRA L BVCCO IIVIR
Edition c(olonia) V(ictrix) I(ulia) Cel(sa) L(ucius) Sura L(ucius) Bucco IIvir
Translation the victorious Julian colony of Celsa, under Lucius Sura and Lucius Bucco, duovirs
Reverse design bull, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.11 g
Axis 9, 11
Reference Vives 160–12, Hill 13–3, GMI 439, NAH 56
Specimens 58 (19 in the core collections)

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