RPC I, 319

 

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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
Edition Imp(erator) Aug(ustus) L(ucius) Caesar G(aius) Caes(ar) Co(n)s(ules) Des(ignati)
Translation Emperor Augustus, Lucius Caesar (and) Gaius Caesar, consuls designate
Obverse design three standing figures: Augustus in middle holding simpulum, Lucius Caesar and Gaius Caesar beside, all on bases
Reverse inscription CAESARAVGVSTA IIVIR CN DOM AMPIAN C VET LANCIA
Edition Caesaraugusta IIvir(i) Gn(aeus) Dom(itius) Ampian(us) C(aius) Vet(tius) Lancia(nus)
Translation Caesaraugusta, under the duovirs, Gnaeus Domitius Ampianus (and) Gaius Vettius Lancianus
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
Average weight 23.11 g
Axis 6
Reference Vives 148–11, Hill 14–9, Beltrán 18, NAH 981
Specimens 13 (2 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.
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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     Vico 131, 9 Oct. 2012, lot 502
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
13 13     Vico 158, 14 Apr. 2021, lot 265