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As - Augustus C C A TIB CLOD FLAVO PRAEF GERMAN L IVVENT LVPERCO II VIR
| Issuer | Caesaraugusta (Roman Colonial Mint) |
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| Year | 8 BC - 1 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse description | A bull standing right, rendered in profile with muscular naturalism typical of Roman colonial provincial coinage from Hispania. The letters C A appear prominently in the field to the left of the bull, serving as the abbreviated mint signature for Caesaraugusta (Colonia Caesar Augusta). The surrounding circular Latin legend names the two duoviri responsible for the coin's issue: TIB CLOD FLAVO PRAEF GERMAN and L IVVENT LVPERCO II VIR, the latter indicating their status as duoviri quinquennales. The exergual line provides a base for the bull's stance, and the legend is distributed around the full periphery of the flan. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Caesaraugusta — modern Zaragoza — was refounded as a Roman colony around 14 BC, settled largely by veterans of the Cantabrian Wars, and almost immediately began issuing an ambitious civic bronze coinage. The duoviri named on this as, Tiberius Clodius Flavus and Lucius Iuventius Lupercus, held their magistracy for the second time (II VIR), a detail that allows rough sequencing within the colony's early series. The abbreviation C C A — Colonia Caesar Augusta — appears on issues across this period as the colony asserted its identity.