RPC I, 12

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 12
Province Lusitania
Region Hispania
City Emerita
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Dating after 2 BC
Obverse inscription PERM IMP CAESARIS AVG P P
Edition perm(issu) Imp(eratoris) Caesaris Aug(usti) P(atris) P(atriae)
Translation by the permission of Emperor Caesar Augustus, father of the fatherland
Obverse design laureate head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription AVGVSTA EMERITA
Edition Augusta Emerita
Translation Emerita Augusta
Reverse design camp gateway
Metal bronze
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 21.55 g
Axis 11
Reference Vives 141–3, NAH 1028, GMI 986
Specimens 14 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type