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As - Augustus VRB VIC OSCA SPARSO ET CAECILIANO II VIR
| Issuer | Osca (Huesca) Municipal Mint |
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| Year | 27 BC - 14 AD |
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| Value | As (1⁄16) |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Augustus facing right, rendered in the classical Roman portrait style characteristic of Augustan-era provincial coinage. The emperor's effigy displays naturalistic facial features with close-cropped hair, presented without laurel wreath or diadem in the manner typical of early Imperial Spanish municipal issues. A circular Latin legend surrounds the portrait, reading AVGVSTVS DIVI F PONT MAX PATER PATRIAI, asserting Augustus's divine lineage, pontifical authority, and title as Father of the Fatherland. The portrait is set within a plain, slightly irregular flan consistent with hammered provincial production. |
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| Obverse lettering | AVGVSTVS DIVI F PONT MAX PATER PATRIAI |
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Osca, a Celtiberian settlement in the upper Ebro basin, became a Roman municipium and was granted the right to strike bronze under Augustus as part of Rome's broader effort to monetize the western provinces after the civil wars. The mint was short-lived; Osca produced coins only during the Augustan period, and the series is thin. The two magistrates named in the legend — Sparso and Caeciliano — appear on no other known issue, making this a single-occasion striking tied to a specific local duovirate year.