RPC I, 344

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 344
Province Tarraconensis
Region Hispania
City Caesaraugusta
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Dating AD 28/9
Obverse inscription TI CAESAR DIVI AVGV F AVGVST(VS) P(O) M(AX) TR POTS XXX
Edition Ti(berius) Caesar Divi Augu(sti) f(ilius) Augustus Po(ntifex) Max(imus) Tr(ibunicia) Pot(e)s(tate) XXX
Translation Tiberius Caesar, son of the divine Augustus, Augustus, chief priest, with tribunician power for the thirtieth time
Obverse design Tiberius seated on curule chair, left
Reverse inscription PIETATI AVGVSTAE C C A
Edition Pietati Augustae c(olonia) C(aesar)a(ugusta)
Translation to the Augustan Piety, the colony of Caesaraugusta
Reverse design temple with six columns
Metal bronze
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 24.05 g
Reference Vives 150–3, Hill 16–8, Beltrán 35, NAH 1061
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)
Note The BM analysis showed that this denomination was struck on brass (Zn 28.21 %), but in the M. Gómezanalysis, a coin classified as RPC 344, has the following results: Cu 93.4 %; Sn: 0.24 %; Pb: 0.09 %; Zn 4.7 %.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 545
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     L: 469 Hill 16–8
4 4     Madrid: 8222
5 5     IVDJ: 2986 Vives 150–3
6 6     Herrero 11.1.1996, lot 220 = Vico 158, 14 Apr. 2021, lot 297
7 7     ✸ Vico 12/11/1998, lot. 23
8 8     Cores coll.
9 9     Áureo 31/5/2006, lot 39
10 10     Real Academia de la Historia: 3305