Colonia Romula — modern Seville — was one of a handful of Iberian mints granted the authority to strike bronze coinage during Tiberius's reign, a privilege that reflected the colony's status as a Roman foundation rather than a merely allied city. The western provincial mints operated with considerable autonomy in this period, and Romula's output was never centrally coordinated with Rome's own issues, making die links between specimens a live area of scholarly interest.
RPC I 73 is not a common type by provincial standards.
Colonia Romula — modern Seville — was one of a handful of Iberian mints granted the authority to strike bronze coinage during Tiberius's reign, a privilege that reflected the colony's status as a Roman foundation rather than a merely allied city. The western provincial mints operated with considerable autonomy in this period, and Romula's output was never centrally coordinated with Rome's own issues, making die links between specimens a live area of scholarly interest.
RPC I 73 is not a common type by provincial standards.