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Dupondius - Augustus CONSABR
| Issuer | Consabrum |
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| Year | 27 BC - 14 AD |
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| Diameter | 31.8 mm |
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| Obverse description | Veiled and turreted bust of Ceres facing left, draped, the veil falling over the head and shoulders in the manner characteristic of the goddess's iconography. The legend CERES FRVGIFERA is inscribed in the field to the right of the effigy, invoking the deity in her capacity as bringer of fruits and agricultural abundance. The portrait is executed in a bold, somewhat schematic provincial idiom typical of Augustan-period municipal bronzes from Hispania. The modelling of the facial features and drapery reflects the local workshops of the region rather than metropolitan Roman die-cutting standards. |
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| Reverse description | A togated magistrate advances to the left, guiding a plough drawn by two yoked oxen in the act of ritual foundation ploughing, a scene emblematic of colonial or municipal status in the Augustan civic coinage of Hispania. The composition occupies the central field in a lively, provincially rendered manner consistent with Hispanic municipal bronze issues of the period. The legend CONSABR appears in the lower field, identifying the issuing city of Consabrum, located in Hispania Tarraconensis. The die work, while energetic, displays the characteristic stylistic traits of a local Hispanic workshop. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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