RPC I, 351

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 351
Province Tarraconensis
Region Hispania
City Caesaraugusta
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Cato (duovir) ; Lucius Vettiacus (duovir)
Dating AD 31/2
Obverse inscription TI CAESAR DIVI AVGVSTI F AVGVSTVS
Edition Ti(berius) Caesar Divi Augusti f(ilius) Augustus
Translation Tiberius Caesar, son of the divine Augustus, Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Tiberius, right
Reverse inscription C C A M CATO L VETTIACVS IIVIR
Edition c(olonia) C(aesar)a(ugusta) M(arcus) Cato L(ucius) Vettiacus IIvir(i)
Translation the colony of Caesaraugusta, under Marcus Cato (and) Lucius Vettiacus, duovirs
Reverse design priest ploughing with yoke of oxen, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.31 g
Axis 2
Reference Vives 151–1, Beltrán 38a
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
Note Forgery: 1. M Sastre 10293, 11.75. García de Latorre 733 = Beltrán 38b, with priest ploughing l., needs confirmation, but seems plausible, in view of the other combinations of dies (349–51).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     MSV 17/12/1981, 1162
2 2     Vives 151–1 (from Barril coll., Zaragoza)
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     Madrid: 8273
5 5     Madrid: 8274
6 6     ANE 7–9/3/1989, 426
7 7     ✸ IVDJ: 2996 Gil, pl. 11–132
8 8     Vico 158, 14 Apr. 2021, lot 304