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Object Type
Museum number: 1864,0719.3
Denomination: denarius
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Head of Augustus, bare, right. (obverse); Circular city-wall with gateway, inscribed above. (reverse)
State
Authority: Ruler: Augustus (Octavian); Moneyer: Publius Carisius
Cultures/periods
Production date: 25BC-23BC
Production place: Minted in: Emerita (city - archaic)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 10 o'clock; Weight: 3.95 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: The colony of Emerita Augusta (modern Mérida) was founded in 25 BC by Publius Carisius, governor of Lusitania, for veterans of legions V Alauda and X Gemina who had recently participated in Augustus' campaigns in north western Spain.
Bibliographic references: RE1 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol. 1: Augustus to Vitellius (288, p.53); PCR / Principal coins of the Romans: Volume I: The Republic c. 290 - 31 BC; Volume II: The Principate 31 BC - AD 296; Volume III: The Dominate AD 294 - 498. (347); RIC1 / The Roman Imperial Coinage, vol. 1 (9a, p.41) (type); RR2 / Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum, vol. 2. Coinages of Rome (continued), Roman Campania, Italy, the social war, and the provinces. (125, p.376)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; arch/gateway
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Augustus (Octavian); Named in inscription: Publius Carisius
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Emerita (city - archaic) (reverse)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1864
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1864,0719.3
C&M catalogue number: RE1 (53) (288); RR2 (376) (125)

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