RPC I, 363

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 363
Province Tarraconensis
Region Hispania
City Caesaraugusta
Reign Tiberius
Magistrate Gaius Pomponius Parra (duovir) ; Gaius Julius Caesar (duovir) ; Iunianus Lupus (praefectus)
Obverse inscription PIETATIS AVGVSTAE
Edition pietatis Augustae
Translation of the Augustan Piety
Obverse design bust of Pietas, veiled and diademed, right
Reverse inscription IVNIANO LVPO PR G CAESAR G POMPON PARRA II V, CCA
Edition Iuniano Lupo pr(aefecto) G(aio) Caesar(e) G(aio) Pompon(io) Parra IIvir(is) c(olonia) C(aesar)a(ugusta)
Translation under Iunianus Lupus, prefect, (and) under Gaius Caesar (and) Gaius Pomponius Parra, duovirs, the colony of Caesaraugusta
Reverse design
Metal brass
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.42 g
Reference Vives 151–10, Hill 16–5, Beltrán 43
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Note Metal analysis on a coin, published by M. Gómez (p. 106), shows that it was struck on brass (Cu 82.1 %; Zn 14.52 %); so, this denomination must be considered as a dupondius.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Calicó 6/1979, 1088
2 2     P: 540
3 3     ✸ Madrid: 8287 Vives 151–10 = Hill 16–5
4 4     Madrid: 8288
5 5     Triton III, 30/11/1999, lot 729
6 6     IVDJ: 3013
7 7     Herrero 28 May 2014, lot 22