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Image of specimen #28 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/168 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | I |
Number | 168 |
Province | Tarraconensis |
Region | Hispania |
City | Carthago Nova |
Reign | Augustus |
Person (obv.) | Augustus |
Magistrate | Gaius Varius Rufus (duovir quinquennalis) ; Sextus Iulius Pol— (duovir quinquennalis) |
Obverse inscription | AVGVSTVS DIVI F |
Edition | Augustus Divi f(ilius) |
Translation | Augustus, son of the divine |
Obverse design | laureate head of Augustus, right |
Reverse inscription | C VAR RVF SEX IVL POL IIVIR Q |
Edition | G(aius) Var(ius) Ruf(us) Sex(tus) Iul(ius) Pol(lio) IIvir q(uinquennalis) |
Translation | Gaius Varius Rufus (and) Sextus Iulius Pollio, quinquennial duovirs |
Reverse design | simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex |
Metal | bronze |
Average diameter | 22 mm |
Average weight | 6.40 g |
Axis | 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 12 |
Reference | Vives 131–12, Beltrán 23, GMI 172 |
Specimens | 86 (23 in the core collections) |
Note | Forgery: M 9228. For metal analysis, see Saguntum 21, 1987–8, 424. |