Semis - Augustus AVGVSTA EMERITA LEG V X
Features
| Issuer |
Emerita
(Lusitania)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Augustus (Caius Octavius) (27 BC - 14 AD)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1 BC - 14 AD |
| Value | Semis (1⁄32) |
| Currency | Denarius (49 BC to AD 215) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 5.06 g |
| Diameter | 21 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 333063 |
| References | RPC Online I# 17 Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/) |
Obverse
Head of Augustus right, bare.
Script: Latin
Lettering: PER CAE AVG
Unabridged legend: Permissu Caesari Augusti
Translation: By permission of Caesar Augustus
Reverse
Aquila between two signa.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
AVGVSTA EMERITA
LEG
V X
Unabridged legend:
Augusta Emerita
Legio Quinque Dixi
Translation:
Colony of Augusta Emerita
Legions V and X
Mint
Emerita, Emerita, Hispania, modern-day Mérida, SpainComments
The legions V Alaudae and X Gemina were among the first to inhabit Augusta Emerita, when veterans of both legions were given land there.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1 BC - 14 AD) | Reverse lettering starting bottom right | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1 BC - 14 AD) | Reverse lettering starting top left | ||||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 97
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