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 Caesaris (duovir) ; Iunianus Lupus (praefectus)
Obverse inscription PIETATIS AVGVSTAE
Obverse design bust of Pietas, veiled and diademed, right
Reverse inscription IVNIANO LVPO PR G CAESAR G POMPON PARRA II V, CCA
Reverse design
Metal brass
Average diameter 28 mm
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