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Semis - Augustus V I N K M POSTV ALBINVS II VIR QVINQ ITER
| Issuer | Carthago Nova (Colonia Urbs Iulia Nova Carthago) |
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| Year | 27 BC - 14 AD |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Capricorn depicted in profile moving to the right, its body rendered with characteristic detail showing the composite goat-fish form associated with Augustus as his birth sign. The field is heavily worn, with the surface showing a dark patina consistent with long circulation. The surrounding legend names the local magistrate P. Turullius as duovir quinquennalis, the title of the presiding magistrate at Carthago Nova responsible for issuing this colonial bronze coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | P TVRVLL II VIR QVINQVEN |
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Carthago Nova was among the most active colonial mints in Hispania under Augustus, and the duoviri quinquennales named on this issue — magistrates elected every five years specifically to conduct the census — held a rank that entitled them to put their names on bronze coinage. The iteration marker indicates a second term, a distinction that mattered enough to these men to advertise in metal.
RPC I 177 is well-documented as a semis within a tightly organized local bronze series that mirrored Rome's denominational hierarchy, an arrangement the colony maintained with unusual consistency across multiple magistrate cycles.