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As - Tiberius M CATO L VETTIACVS C C A II VIR
| Issuer | Caesaraugusta (Roman Colonial Mint) |
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| Year | 31-32 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC Online I#349, Vives#150-12, Hill1#17-3, GMI#331, NAH#1093, SNG Copenhagen#557 |
| Obverse description | Bare laureate head of Emperor Tiberius facing left, rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair bound by a laurel wreath. The portrait displays the characteristic strong jaw and aquiline features associated with Tiberian provincial portraiture. A circular Latin legend encircles the effigy reading TI CAESAR DIVI AVGVSTI F AVGVSTVS, identifying the emperor as son of the deified Augustus. The field is smooth with a slightly irregular flan edge typical of hammered provincial bronze coinage. |
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| Reverse description | A togate priest standing to the right drives a yoke of two oxen advancing to the left, performing the ritual act of ploughing the sacred boundary (sulcus primigenius) of the colonial foundation. The priest holds a goad or staff in his right hand and guides the plow with his left. The legend is distributed around the field and in the exergue, naming the two duoviri M. Cato and L. Vettiacus along with the colonial abbreviation C C A (Colonia Caesar Augusta) and II VIR in the lower exergue, referencing the local magistrates responsible for the issue. The scene alludes to the founding of Caesaraugusta (modern Zaragoza) and is enclosed within a beaded border. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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