RPC I, 397A

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 397A
Province Tarraconensis
Region Hispania
City Bilbilis
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Manlius Seranus (duovir) ; Manlius Bucco (duovir)
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 MVN AVGVSTA BILBILIS G MANL SERANO MANL BVCCO, IIVIR
Edition mun(icipium) Augusta Bilbilis G(aio) Manl(io) Serano Manl(io) Bucco(ne) IIvir(is)
Translation the Augustan municipality of Bilbilis, under Gaius Manlius Serano (and) Manlius Bucco, duovirs
Reverse design laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.16 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note As proposed by A.M. Faria, R. P. Arq. 9.2, 2006, 225, the reading MANL is more suitable for the nomina of both magistrates than MAL, because the sloping position of the vertical stroke of letter L, whose lower part is in contact with the lower right stroke of A.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     IVDJ Kalathos 7–8, 1987–8, p. 115)
2 2     ✸ Cores coll. 4850