Quadrans - Augustus II VIR L PRISC C BROC

Calagurris — modern Calahorra in La Rioja — was among the Spanish municipia that issued bronze coinage under Augustus, a privilege tied to the city's status as a Roman colony established after its brutal siege and near-destruction during the Sertorian War of the 70s BC. The duoviri named on this issue, L. Priscus and C. Brocchus, were local magistrates whose names survive almost exclusively through the coinage itself. Provincial bronze of this type circulated as small change within the colony and its immediate region, rarely traveling far.