RPC I, 4

 

Image of specimen #25

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4
Province Lusitania
Region Hispania
City Uncertain mint of North West Spain (?)
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Obverse inscription IMP AVG DIVI F
Edition Imp(erator) Aug(ustus) Divi f(ilius)
Translation Emperor Augustus, son of the divine
Obverse design bare head of Augustus left; in front, palm; behind winged caduceus
Reverse inscription
Reverse design round shield enclosed by two concentric circles which are connected by a series of short straight lines
Metal bronze
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 11.43 g
Reference Vives p. cxviii–3, FITA pl. IV–18, AMC 1079, GMI 1005–6
Specimens 65 (22 in the core collections)
Note As 3 but more barbarous style.

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