RPC I, 468

 

Image of specimen #36

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 468
Province Tarraconensis
Region Hispania
City Osicerda
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription TI CAESAR AVGVSTVS
Edition Ti(berius) Caesar Augustus
Translation Tiberius Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Tiberius, right
Reverse inscription MVN OSICERDA
Edition mun(icipium) Osicerda
Translation municipality of Osicerda
Reverse design bull, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.15 g
Axis 3, 7
Reference Vives 159–1, Hill 18–7, NAH 1076, GMI 809
Specimens 36 (14 in the core collections)
Note Forgeries: 1. Ba 4590. 2–3. M 12329–30. See now M. Gomis, ‘Osicerda: un ejemplo de acuñaciones hispanoromanas en época de Tiberio’, GN 122 (1996), pp. 29-46. J. A. Benavente, F. Marco and P. Moret, ‘El Palao de Alcañiz y el Bajo Aragón durante los ss. II y I a.C.’, AEspA 76, 2003, 231-246, discuss the site of Osicerda. They think Osicerda could be located at El Palao (Alcañiz, Teruel).

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