RPC I, 319

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 319
Province Tarraconensis
Region Hispania
City Caesaraugusta
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus ; Gaius (Caesar) ; Lucius (Caesar)
Magistrate Gaius Vettius Lancianus (duovir) ; Gnaeus Domitius Ampianus (duovir)
Issue 4–3 BC
Obverse inscription IMP AVG L CAESAR C CAES COS DES
Obverse design three standing figures: Augustus in middle holding simpulum, Lucius Caesar and Gaius Caesar beside, all on bases
Reverse inscription CAESARAVGVSTA II VIR CN DOM AMPIAN C VET LANCIA
Reverse design vexillum between standards (radiate phalerae), on them legionary numbers VI, IIII, X, from left to right; all on bases
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 6
Reference Vives 148–11, Hill 14–9, Beltrán 18, NAH 981
Specimens 12 (3 in the core collections)
Note Modern forgeries: 1. P 524, 16.48; 2. R 157, 14.70; 3. M 8168 (all cast from M 8169); 4. ANE 11–12/1961, 46; 5. Cop 548, 17.02 (?) has not been checked, but it too seems to have been made from the Madrid one.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Madrid: 8169 Vives 148–11 = Hill 14–9
2 2     Madrid: 8167
3 3     B: Bohl
4 4     NY: HSA 23243
5 5     NY: 1944.100.65124
6 6     Herrero 16/2/1989, 32
7 7     Iriarte coll. = Beltrán, p. 34, no. 18
8 8     IVDJ: 2946
9 9     Vico 12/11/1998, lot 22
10 10     Villaronga coll
11 11     Herrero 10 Dec. 2008, lot 31
12 12     Naville Numismatics 15, 7 June 2015, lot 95