RPC I, 168

 

Image of specimen #28

 

Coin type
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.

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