RPC I, 163

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 163
Province Tarraconensis
Region Hispania
City Carthago Nova
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Magistrate Lucius Bennius (praefectus) ; Quintus Varius Hiberus (praefectus)
Obverse inscription L BEN PRAE IMP CAES QVIN
Edition L(ucius) Ben(nius) prae(fectus) Imp(eratoris) Caes(aris) Quin(quennalis)
Translation Lucius Bennius, prefect of Emperor Caesar, the quinquennial duovir
Obverse design bare head of Augustus?, right
Reverse inscription Q VARIO PRAEF
Edition Q(uinto) Vario praef(ecto)
Translation under Quintus Varius, prefect
Reverse design trophy
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.43 g
Axis 4
Reference Vives 131–4, Beltrán 17
Specimens 13 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O AMC 960
2 2     P: 782
3 3     P: 783
4 4     P: 784
5 5     ✸ L: 1191
6 6     Madrid: 9013
7 7     Madrid: 9016
8 8     Madrid: 9017 Vives 131–4
9 9     Madrid: Sastre 10357
10 10     NY: Newell
11 11     IVDJ formerly S de C 1196
12 12     Cayón 21 Jan. 2011, lot 2104
13 13     CGT coll. = CNG EA 219, 30 Sept. 2009, lot 317 ex J. P. Righetti Coll. 6581