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Cut Half As - Augustus P CARISIVS LEG AVGVSTI

Cut Half As - Augustus (P CARISIVS LEG AVGVSTI) - obverseCut Half As - Augustus (P CARISIVS LEG AVGVSTI) - reverse

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Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Augustus (Caius Octavius) (27 BC - 14 AD)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 25 BC - 23 BC
Value 1 Semis = ½ As (1⁄32)
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 4.68 g
Diameter 26 mm
Shape Half circle
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
379597
References RIC I# cf. 15A
Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland, Robert Andrew Glendinning Carson; 1984. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 1. Augustus – Vitellius (31 BC–AD 69) (1923 revised Edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Head of Augustus, bare, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: CAESAR (AVG TRIB POTEST)

Reverse

Legend in three lines.

Script: Latin

Lettering: P CARISIVS (LEG AVGVSTI)

Mint

Caesaraugusta, Hispania, modern-day Saragossa, Spain

Comments

Mass varies: 4–5.7 g;
Diameter varies: 24.5–27 mm;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (25 BC - 23 BC) 

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