RPC I, 233

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 233
Province Tarraconensis
Region Hispania
City Tarraco
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Drusus Caesar ; Livia (Augusta)
Issue Tiberius, Drusus, and Livia
Dating AD 22/3
Obverse inscription TI CAES AVG PONT MAX TRIB POT
Edition Ti(berius) Caes(ar) Aug(ustus) Pont(ifex) Max(imus) Trib(unicia) Pot(estate)
Translation Tiberius Caesar Augustus chief priest with tribunician power
Obverse design laureate head of Tiberius, right
Reverse inscription C V T DRVSVS CAES TRIB POT IVL AVGVSTA
Edition c(olonia) T(arraco) Drusus Caes(ar) Trib(unicia) Pot(estate) Iul(ia) Augusta
Translation the colonial city of Tarraco, Drusus Caesar, with tribunician power, Julia Augusta
Reverse design facing heads of Drusus and Livia
Metal bronze
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.94 g
Axis 9, 11
Reference Vives 171–8, Hill 5–9, GMI 414, Villaronga 24, NAH 1067
Specimens 123 (19 in the core collections)
Note Metal analysis on L 235: Cu 92.00; Pb 0.100; Sn 7.07; Ag 0.050; Fe 0.060; Sb 0.220; As 0.060; Bi 0.003. On coin L 236: Cu 90.00; Pb 0.030; Sn 8.010; Ag 0.047; Fe 0.340; Sb 0.130; Ni 0.010; As 0.020; Bi 0.003; Zn 0.006. Countermark: Ear (= cmk 7), see Guadán, p. 97, no. 105 (not verified).
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