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Quadrans - Augustus COLO PATR
| Issuer | Colonia Patricia (Corduba) |
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| Year | 27 BC - 14 AD |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Four pontifical emblems of Roman religious office arranged in the field: a patera (libation dish), an aspergillum (sprinkler), a simpulum (ladle or jug), and a lituus (augural staff with curved top). These sacerdotal symbols collectively underscore Augustus's role as pontifex maximus and chief religious authority. The colonial legend COLO PATR appears in the lower portion of the field, enclosed within a dotted border. The composition is typical of Augustan provincial issues emphasizing the emperor's priestly dignity. |
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Colonia Patricia — modern Córdoba — was one of the most senior Roman colonies in Hispania, founded or refounded for veteran settlers and elevated to exceptional administrative status under Augustus. This small bronze fraction belongs to a civic coinage that the colony struck under its own authority, a privilege not extended to every Augustan-era settlement. The COLO PATR legend reflects the colony's formal name and the local pride embedded in that designation.
RPC I 131 is notably scarce in the marketplace, turning up far less frequently than issues from nearby Hispanian mints at Emerita or Caesaraugusta.