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Æ - Augustus IMP CAESAR DIVI F AVGVSTVS, Cercina
| Issuer | Cercina (Roman Provincial mint, Africa Proconsularis) |
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| Year | 7 BC - 6 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare or lightly wreathed head of Augustus facing right, rendered in a provincial style with somewhat crude workmanship typical of North African civic issues of the Augustan period. A circular dotted border frames the design. The surrounding field is largely plain, and the overall fabric of the flan is irregular and thick, consistent with hammered provincial bronze coinage of this era. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Cercina — modern Kerkennah, off the Tunisian coast — was a minor island community whose civic coinage under Augustus reflects the broader Roman project of integrating North African settlements into the imperial orbit through controlled local minting. This piece dates to the period immediately following the reorganization of Africa Proconsularis under Augustus, when provincial communities were still negotiating the boundaries of their minting privileges. At 36.51g, this is a heavy bronze by any provincial standard, suggesting it filled a specific large-denomination role in local exchange that Roman-struck coinage was not supplying to the islands.