RPC I, 365

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 365
Province Tarraconensis
Region Hispania
City Caesaraugusta
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Aufidius Gemellus (duovir) ; Titus Caecilius Lepidus (duovir)
Obverse inscription TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS
Edition Ti(berius) Caesar Divi Aug(usti) f(ilius) Augustus
Translation Tiberius Caesar, son of the divine Augustus, Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Tiberius, right
Reverse inscription T CAECILIO LEPIDO C AVFIDIO GEMELLO IIVIR, CCA
Edition T(ito) Caecilio Lepido C(aio) Aufidio Gemello IIvir(is) c(olonia) C(aesar)a(ugusta)
Translation under Titus Caecilius Lepidus and Gaius Aufidius Gemellus, duovirs, the colony of Caesaraugusta
Reverse design
Metal copper-based alloy
Average weight 24.82 g
Reference Vives 152–9, Hill 15–5, Beltrán 46, NAH 1094
Specimens 17 (0 in the core collections)
Note Modern forgery: 1. R 161, 25.29. RPC volume I proposed (with uncertainty) a sestertius, but it was struck on almost pure copper (Cu 96,4 %; Sn 0.98 %; Zn 0.76 %; Pb 0,58 %), according to the results of a coin published by M. Gómez (p. 107).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ANE 26–27/4/1983, 77
2 2     Calicó 6/1979, 1092
3 3     MSV 17/12/1981, 1159
4 4     Stockholm Hill 15–5
5 5     Ba: 33930
6 6     Madrid: 8336
7 7     ✸ IVDJ Vives 152–9
8 8     ANE 11–12/1961, 65 = NAH 1094
9 9     Milan SNG 207
10 10     IVDJ: 3014
11 11     Herrero 4/4/2002, lot 1010 = Herrero 8/5/1997, lot 14 = Vechi 5/6/1998, lot 968 = Herrero 21/12/2000, lot 17 = Hervera 25/9/2003, lot 78
12 12     Stockholm SNG 1782
13 13     Stockholm SNG 1783
14 14     Tarkis 9/6/1994, lot 99
15 15     Vico 16/3/1995, lot 11
16 16     Montañés, coll.
17 17     Jesús Vico 5 Nov. 2015, lot 107