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Quadrans - Augustus FLAVO ET LVPERCO
| Issuer | Caesaraugusta |
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| Year | 8 BC - 1 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Augustus facing left, rendered in a bold if somewhat provincial style characteristic of Hispanian municipal coinage. The portrait features the emperor's characteristic laurel wreath and idealized facial profile. The surrounding field bears the encircling legend AVGVSTVS DIVI F, identifying Augustus as son of the deified Julius Caesar. The coin's irregular flan and surface patina are consistent with hammered bronze issues of the Caesaraugusta mint. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Caesaraugusta — modern Zaragoza — was a Roman colonial foundation established around 25 BC for veterans of the Cantabrian Wars, and like many Augustan-era Spanish colonies it was granted the right to strike its own bronze coinage. This quadrans was issued under the local magistrates Flavo and Luperco, a pair attested on several related emissions from the city. Colonial issues of this type were produced entirely for local circulation and dried up under Caligula, when municipally struck bronze across the western provinces was curtailed.