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Quadrans - Augustus M POR CN FAD II VIR
| Issuer | Caesaraugusta (Roman Colonial Mint) |
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| Year | 8 BC - 1 BC |
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| Value | Quadrans (1⁄64) |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Augustus facing right, rendered in the naturalistic Julio-Claudian portrait style characteristic of colonial bronze coinage. The emperor's features are finely modelled with a strong jaw and short hair. The circular legend IMP AVGVSTVS runs around the periphery. The fields are flat and unadorned, consistent with provincial hammered coinage of the Augustan period. |
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| Reverse description | Four lines of Latin inscription arranged within a laurel wreath, reading M POR / CN FAD / II VIR, identifying the two duoviri magistrates Marcus Porcius and Gaius Fadius responsible for the coin's issue. A small pellet or decorative element appears at the apex of the wreath. The wreath is tied at the base and composed of carefully rendered laurel leaves, a common reverse motif on Caesaraugusatan colonial bronzes of the Augustan era. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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