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Sestertius - Augustus M AGRIPPA COS III MVNICIPI PARN
| Issuer | Roman Provincial (Gades) |
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| Year | 27 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | A prominent ear of grain (corn ear) rendered in relief occupies the central field, flanked by what appears to be a second cereal stalk or palm frond to the right, evoking the agricultural prosperity and Phoenician heritage of the colony. Surrounding the central device is a circular Latin legend reading M AGRIPPA COS III MVNICIPI PARN, distributed around the inner border of the coin. The lettering is bold and deeply struck, though unevenly spaced due to the irregular flan. A beaded border frames the entire design. This reverse type is characteristic of the municipal coinage of Gades struck under the authority of M. Agrippa during his third consulship. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Gades — modern Cádiz — held a uniquely privileged position among Iberian cities under Augustus, having received Latin rights and a close institutional relationship with Rome well before most of the peninsula. This issue invokes Agrippa's third consulship of 27 BC, the same year Augustus received his title, tying the municipium's coinage directly to the political reorganization of the Roman world following Actium. Agrippa maintained strong personal ties to the western provinces, and his name on a provincial bronze from Gades was far from incidental — it carried real administrative weight in a city still navigating its status under the new order.