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Æ27 - Tiberius
| Issuer | Colonia Augusta Emerita (Roman Provincial Mint) |
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| Year | 14-37 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A camp gateway (porta castrensis) depicted in frontal elevation, showing a central arched portal flanked by two towers, rendered in a schematic architectural style characteristic of Hispanian provincial bronze coinage. The gateway is a known civic and military symbol associated with Emerita Augusta, the capital of Lusitania. The surrounding legend names the colony in full. The design occupies the central field with the inscription distributed around the periphery of the flan. |
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| Mintage | ND (14-37) |
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Colonia Augusta Emerita — modern Mérida, Spain — was founded around 25 BC as a settlement for veterans of the Cantabrian Wars, and its mint was among the most prolific in the western provinces under Augustus and Tiberius. The city held the rank of capital of Lusitania, which gave its civic coinage unusual political weight. Issues bearing Tiberius's name continued the Emeritan tradition of substantial, well-produced bronzes that circulated widely across the peninsula.
RPC I 33 is attributed to a late phase of the Emeritan mint's activity, struck under the authority of local magistrates whose names appear in the die records for this type.