RPC I, 172

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 172
Province Tarraconensis
Region Hispania
City Carthago Nova
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Magistrate Gaius Laetilius Apalus (duovir quinquennalis) ; Ptolemy of Mauretania (king and duovir quinquennalis)
Obverse inscription AVGVSTVS DIVI F
Edition Augustus Divi f(ilius)
Translation Augustus, son of the divine
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription C LAETILIVS APALVS II V Q
Edition C(aius) Laetilius Apalus II V(ir) quinquennalis
Translation Gaius Laetilius Apalus, quinquennial duovir
Reverse design diadem (with crescent lotus above) enclosing REX PTOL
Metal bronze
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.09 g
Axis 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12
Reference Vives 131–5, Beltrán 30, GMI 167, NAH 996
Specimens 80 (48 in the core collections)
Note Forgery: M 9027. For metal analysis, see Saguntum 21, 1987–8, 424.

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