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Dupondius - Germanicus SCIPIONE ET MONTANO II VIR C C A
| Issuer | Caesaraugusta |
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| Year | 37-41 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Radiate head of Germanicus facing left, rendered in high relief with detailed curly hair and a radiate crown. The portrait displays the idealized features characteristic of Julio-Claudian imperial coinage. A circular Latin legend frames the effigy, reading GERMANICVS CAESAR G CAESARIS PATER, identifying the subject as Germanicus Caesar, father of Gaius Caesar (Caligula). The lettering is bold and evenly spaced around the coin's periphery within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features the large colonial monogram CCA (Colonia Caesar Augusta) prominently displayed in the central field, serving as the mint mark of Caesaraugusta (modern Zaragoza, Spain). The bold, well-formed letters dominate the flan. A circular Latin legend surrounds the central device, reading SCIPIONE ET MONTANO II VIR C C A, naming the two local magistrates (duoviri) Scipione and Montano who were responsible for the coin's issue. The legend is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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Caesaraugusta — modern Zaragoza — was a Roman colony founded by Augustus on the Ebro, and its local magistrates minted bronze with unusual civic pride well into the Julio-Claudian period. The dupondii naming local duumviri, here Scipione and Montano, belong to a series tied to the reign of Caligula, when colonial minting in Hispania remained active before being sharply curtailed under Claudius. The colony never recovered its minting rights afterward, making this entire civic series a terminal episode in Caesaraugusta's numismatic history.