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As - Augustus CAESARAVGVSTA C ALLIARIO T VERRIO II VIR
| Issuer | Caesaraugusta (Roman Provincial Mint) |
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| Year | 6 BC |
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| Currency | Denarius (49 BC to AD 215) |
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| Obverse description | Bare laureate head of Augustus facing left, rendered in a restrained Julio-Claudian provincial style with delicately incised facial features and a wreath of laurel leaves encircling the brow. The portrait is set within a circular border of dots (beaded border), with the imperial titulature legend distributed around the periphery of the field. The effigy displays a strong profile with clearly defined jaw, neck, and ear, consistent with Augustan iconographic conventions found on provincial coinage of Hispania Tarraconensis. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A togate priest, depicted in left-facing profile, drives a yoke of two oxen also moving to the left, performing the ritual act of ploughing (the sulcus primigenius) that symbolises the foundation of a Roman colony. The animals are rendered with naturalistic detail, their heads lowered as they pull the plough. In the right field, a stylised figure or standard may be partially visible. The duoviri's names and the colonial name CAESARAVGVSTA appear in the surrounding legend, with II VIR inscribed in the exergue, identifying the two local magistrates responsible for the issue. |
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