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As - Augustus CAESARAVGVSTA II VIR M PORCI CN FAD
| Issuer | Caesaraugusta (Roman Provincial Mint) |
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| Year | 8 BC - 1 BC |
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| Value | As (1⁄16) |
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| Obverse description | Bare laureate head of Augustus facing left, rendered in the classical Roman provincial style. To the left of the portrait, a simpulum (libation ladle) and a lituus (augural staff) appear in the field, symbols of pontifical and augural office respectively. The surrounding legend reads IMP AVGVSTVS XIV, denoting his fourteenth imperial acclamation. The portrait exhibits strong, idealized features characteristic of Augustan coinage, with the laurel wreath rendered in fine detail. |
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| Reverse description | A yoke of oxen ploughing right, led by a togated priest who drives the plough in the traditional Roman ceremony of city foundation, the sulcus primigenius. The scene alludes to the colonial foundation of Caesaraugusta (modern Zaragoza). The legend CAESARAVGVSTA encircles the upper field, while the names of the duoviri monetales, M PORCI and CN FAD, appear in the lower exergual area flanking the notation II VIR, identifying the magistrates responsible for the issue. |
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| Mintage | ND (8 BC - 1 BC) |
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