RPC I, 294

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 294
Province Tarraconensis
Region Hispania
City Osca
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription TI CAESAR P P
Edition Ti(berius) Caesar P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation Tiberius Caesar, father of the fatherland
Obverse design laureate head of Tiberius, right
Reverse inscription OSCA
Edition Osca
Translation Osca
Reverse design inscription in field
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 3.11 g
Reference Vives 137–5 corr., Hill 27–10, GMI 615 corr., NAH 1085 corr.
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Note The title Pater Patriae is, as said by Hill, an engraver's mistake since Tiberius never accepted that title.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Vives 137–5 = Hill 27–10 = GMI 615 = NAH 1085
2 2     Tarkis 5/10/2000, lot 3
3 3     Hervera 10 Apr. 2008, lot 281
4 4     Tesorillo.com [11/2012].