RPC I, 129

 

Image of specimen #392

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 129
Province Baetica
Region Hispania
City Patricia
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Obverse inscription PERM CAES AVG
Edition perm(issu) Caes(aris) Aug(usti)
Translation by the permission of Caesar Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, left
Reverse inscription COLONIA PATRICIA
Edition colonia Patricia
Translation colony Patricia
Reverse design inscription within oak wreath
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.80 g
Axis 6
Reference Vives 165–3, Chaves 139–478, 658, GMI 954, NAH 1003
Specimens 392 (8 in the core collections)
Note Metal analysis on coin L 1537 (= Chaves 166): Cu 85.50; Pb I0.25; Sn 2.26; Ag 0.110; Fe 0.020; Sb 0.700; Ni 0.020; As 0.520; Bi 0.021. On coin L 1538 (= Chaves 167): Cu 82.50; Pb 9.20; Sn 2.30; Ag 0.160; Fe 0.010; Sb 0.750; Ni 0.430; As 1.56; Bi 0.010. For more metal analyses, see Chaves, Numisma 150-5, 1978, 337-43.Countermarks: Monogram (cmk 79), see Chaves 168, 171 (twice), 187, 199-201, 256, 276, 303, 305–7, 359, 363, 367, 372, 375, 378, 386, 402, 419-21, 437, 469, 472-3, it is difficult in some cases to distinguish between cmk 79 and 44. NCAPR (cmk 57), see Chaves 412, 417.
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