RPC I, 351

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 351
Province Tarraconensis
Region Hispania
City Caesaraugusta
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Cato (duovir) ; Lucius Vettiacus (duovir)
Dating AD 31/2
Obverse inscription TI CAESAR DIVI AVGVSTI F AVGVSTVS
Obverse design laureate head of Tiberius, right
Reverse inscription C C A M CATO L VETTIACVS II VIR
Reverse design priest ploughing with yoke of oxen, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Reference Vives 151–1, Beltrán 38a
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Note Forgery: 1. M Sastre 10293, 11.75. García de Latorre 733 = Beltrán 38b, with priest ploughing l., needs confirmation, but seems plausible, in view of the other combinations of dies (349–51).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     MSV 17/12/1981, 1162
2 2     Vives 151–1 (from Barril coll., Zaragoza)
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     Madrid: 8273
5 5     ✸ Madrid: 8274
6 6     ANE 7–9/3/1989, 426
7 7     IVDJ Gil, pl. 11–132