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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Twelve Caesars| > |Augustus| > SH84707
Augustus, 16 January 27 B.C. - 19 August 14 A.D., Emerita, Hispania Lusitania
|Augustus|, |Augustus,| |16| |January| |27| |B.C.| |-| |19| |August| |14| |A.D.,| |Emerita,| |Hispania| |Lusitania|, Emerita Augusta (Merida, Spain) on the Guadiana River near its confluence with the Albarregas River, was founded in 25 BC by Augustus' "legatus pro praetore" for Hispania Lusitania, Publius Carisius, as a settlement of "emeriti" (veterans) of the V Alaudae and X Gemina Legions. It immediately became the capital of Hispania Lusitania. The activity of Emerita as an Imperial mint was limited to the early years of Augustus' reign, probably from about 25 BC until 19 BC at the latest. It early became a Christian center, with its own bishop by 250. The city was lost to the Visigoths about 411.
SH84707. Silver denarius, RIC I 9b, RSC I 398, BMCRE I 291, BMCRR Spain 128, BnF I 1039, Hunter I 124, SRCV I 1627 var. (head right), gVF, full circle centering on a broad flan, mint luster, weak strike areas, die wear, small edge cracks, Emerita Augusta (Merida, Spain) mint, weight 3.775g, maximum diameter 21.8mm, die axis 90o, P. Carisius, c. 25 - 23 B.C.; obverse IMP CAESAR AVGVST, bare head left; reverse P CARISIVS LEG PRO PR (P. Carisius Legatus [Augusti] pro Praetore), bird's-eye view of town with walls around, EMERITA inscribed above gateway in front with three battlements over two arched entrances; from the Marcelo Leal Collection; SOLD











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