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Semis - Augustus V I N K M POSTV ALBINVS II VIR QVINQ ITER
| Issuer | Carthago Nova |
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| Year | 27 BC - 14 AD |
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| Weight | 6.26 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a tetrastyle temple facade in frontal elevation, rendered with a gabled pediment supported by four columns on a stepped podium, consistent with representations of the Capitolium or a civic temple at Carthago Nova. The columns are depicted with schematic detail and the intercolumnar space shows traces of a cult statue or architectural elements within the cella. The encircling Latin legend attributes the issue to Augustus and names the magistrate M. Postumius Albinus in his iterum quinquennial duovirate, reading AVGVSTO M POSTV ALBINVS V I N K II VIR QVINQ ITER. The overall composition is typical of the colonial Augustan coinage from Hispania Citerior, emphasizing civic and imperial religious architecture. The flan is irregular with some weakness at the edges. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Carthago Nova — modern Cartagena — was one of the most productive municipal minting centers in Hispania, and its duoviri quinquennales issues reflect the city's eagerness to advertise civic loyalty to Augustus during the early Principate. The magistrates named on this semis, Vink(ius?) and Postumius Albinus, held the quinquennial censorial office, a prestigious appointment occurring every five years and responsible for reviewing citizen rolls. Their iteration in office — the *iter* notation — confirms a second term, an unusual distinction that the die engraver was specifically instructed to record.