Hello, While browsing my unidentified coin basket, I found a coin with ''Caesar" written from up downwards... I have not heard of these imperial coins so i was very interested... on the reverse it shows some sort of wreath. The coin is badly damaged with scratches everywhere (someone must of really hated it...). Now I'm trying to figure out whether it is a regular Augustus (e.g. http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).aug.75A) or perhaps a later civil war coin (e.g. http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).cw.105 ) I also suspect this is a fouree and not silver -- the sound doesn't seem right and the weight is 1.7g. Any ideas welcome! Thanks, Thomas.
If it's a spanish mint then from my research that would mean it could only be a civil war coin... Or have I made a mistake somewhere?
Perhaps RIC I 77A - e.g. mine: http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/105973.php There are some other possibilities - e.g. RIC 40A or 75A - look on OCRE: http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=fulltext:wreath+AND+fulltext:CAESAR+AND+authority_facet:"Augustus"+AND+denomination_facet:"Denarius"+AND+material_facet:"Silver"+AND+portrait_facet:"Augustus"+AND+region_facet:"Lusitania" There are mistakes on OCRE to keep you on your toes - e.g. the picture on the index page here for RIC 77A is mis-catalogued (the other examples are correct if you click through). These aren't from the Civil War, but the reign of Augustus, when a number of Iberian mints were active. Update - I see you already saw RIC 75A - when I read your post on my 'phone, I skimmed the text and looked at the photos and just looked at the photos and replied on the computer ATB, Aidan.
