RPC I, 122

 

Image of specimen #301

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 122
Province Baetica
Region Hispania
City Carteia
Reign Augustus
Issue End of first century BC and beginning of first century AD (?)
Obverse inscription CARTEIA
Edition Carteia
Translation Carteia
Obverse design head of Fortuna, right
Reverse inscription D D
Edition d(ecreto) d(ecurionum)
Translation by decree of the decurions
Reverse design Neptune standing, left, holding dolphin and trident
Metal bronze
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.53 g
Axis 11
Reference Vives 129–2, Chaves 1360–628, GMI 957–8, NAH 949
Specimens 301 (2 in the core collections)
Note For metal analysis, see Chaves, p. 86. Countermarks: P (= cmk 31) on the rev., on Chaves 1411 (= P 1203). Monogram (= cmk 85) on the obv., on Chaves 1415 (= P 1202). B (= cmk 15) on the rev., on Chaves 1416 (= P 1201). R (= Guadán 40) on Chaves 1527 (not verified). PЯ on Chaves 1543 (not verified).

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