Semis - Augustus IVLIA TRAD

Features

Issuer	Iulia Traducta (Baetica)
Emperor	Augustus (Caius Octavius) (27 BC - 14 AD)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	27 BC - 14 AD
Value	Semis (1⁄32)
Currency	Denarius (49 BC to AD 215)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	4.81 g
Diameter	19 mm
Thickness	2 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 304866
References	RPC Online I# 109 Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/) , Vives# 164-14, 164-15 Antonio Vives y Escudero. La Moneda Hispánica. Editorial Reus, Madrid, Spain (2 volumes). , FAB# 1620 Fernando Álvarez Burgos; 2008. La moneda hispánica / Volume I: Desde sus orígenes hasta el siglo V (5^th Edition). Vico & Segarra, Madrid, Spain. , ACIP# 3352b Leandre Villaronga, Jaume Benages; 2011. Les Monedes de l'Edat Antiga a la Península Ibèrica: Greek / Punic / Iberian / Roman = Ancient Coinage of the Iberian Peninsula. Societat Catalana d'Estudis Numismàtics, Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Barcelona, Spain. , GMI# 1060 Antonio Manuel de Guadán; 1980. La moneda ibérica: Catálogo de numismática Ibérica y Ibero-romana (2^nd Edition). Cuadernos de numismática, Madrid, Spain. , NAH# 1015 Leandre Villaronga; 1987. Numismática antigua de Hispania: Iniciación a su estudio (2^nd Edition). Editorial Cymys, Barcelona, Spain.

Obverse

Bare head of Augustus, to left. with legend arround

Script: Latin

Lettering: PERM CAES AVG

Translation: “Permissu Caesaris Augusti” : with the permission of Augustus Caesar

Reverse

Legend and priestly instruments: apex (a cap worn by certain priests) and simpulum (a small vessel or ladle with a long handle, used at sacrifices to make libations)

Script: Latin

Lettering: IVLIA TRAD

Translation: The name "Iulia Traducta" ("transferred Iulia"), refers to the fact that part of the population had been moved from Iulia Constantia Zilitanorum.

Edge

Plain, irregular

Mint

Iulia Traducta, Baetica, modern-day Algeciras, Spain

Comments

According to roman historian Strabo, between 33 and 25 BC part of the population of the North African city of Colonia Iulia Constantia Zilitanorum (Zilis) was moved to the Iberian peninsula and settled at Iulia Traducta, Betica (Andalusia), Hispania. The location of the city of Iulia Traducta has been widely debated by historians. The latest research and the discovery of several important archaeological sites in the city of Algeciras, Cadiz province, in modern Spain locate the town of Iulia Traducta in the Bay of Algeciras, facing Gibraltar.
The coin is not fully dated, corresponding to Octavian Augustus reign (27BC to 14 AD). Some sources give a date 15-14 BC as more probable since Augustus visited the region in 15 - 14 B.C.
Size and weight for this coin vary considerably, from 17 to 21 mm and 3.70 to 5.40 g.
The coin exists in different lettering configurations on the reverse, with IVLIA TRAD minted in clockwise internal reading and counterclockwise external reading, as in the following pictures:

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Date		Frequency
Undetermined
ND (27 BC - 14 AD)	IVLIA TRAD, external reading, CCW	33%
ND (27 BC - 14 AD)	IVLIA TRAD, internal reading, CW	67%

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