RPC I, 261

 

Image of specimen #41

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 261
Province Tarraconensis
Region Hispania
City Lepida-Celsa
Reign Roman Republic
Magistrate Gaius Otacilius (praefectus quiquennalis) ; Marcus Fulvius (praefectus quiquennalis)
Obverse inscription C(OL) V(IC) I(VL) L(EP)
Edition col(onia) Vic(trix) Iul(ia) Lep(ida)
Translation the victorious Julian colony of Lepida
Obverse design head of Victory, right, palm over left shoulder
Reverse inscription M FVL C OTAC PR QVIN
Edition M(arcus) Ful(vius) G(aius) Otac(ilius) pr(aefectus) quin(quennalis)
Translation Marcus Fulvius, Gaius Otacilius, five-year prefects
Reverse design colonist ploughing with yoke of oxen, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 14.78 g
Axis 3, 7, 9, 10, 12
Reference Vives 160–5, Hill 12–6, GMI 433, NAH 892
Specimens 42 (13 in the core collections)
Note Countermarks: see Guadán, pp. 51 and 55, no. 64 (= cmk 33) and 67 (not verified).
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