Augustus Provincial Æ Dupondius

I few weeks back I purchased this nice large Roman provincial Dupondius. I have a lot of Augustus coins, but the reverse on this with the legionary standards caught my eye. Plus I visited Cordoba last year so it has special meaning to me. I haven't been able to specifically date it, so any help would be appreciated.

Augustus Æ 31 Dupondius
OBV: PERMISSV CAESARIS AVGVSTI, bare head left
REV: COLONIA PATRICIA, aquila between legionary standards
Struck at Colonia Patricia (Cordoba - Spain), exact year unknown
18g, 31 mm
RPC 128, SNG Cop 464

 

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The reverse (or what I think is the reverse) reminds me of the reverse of a Merc Dime. Cool coin!

 

Really nice JW!:thumb:

 

Shabaammmm!!! => oh my, that's 31 mm of awesome Bing-ness! (very pretty my good man, very pretty indeed!!)

:bow:

 

Thanks everyone. It's too bad there is the rub on the bust. I'm still looking for a little help on dating this coin.

 

Only found this: This type was probably struck for Augusts' visit to Colonia Patricia, c. 15 - 14 B.C."

 

man, I'm lovin' the patina on that ol' green-dawg!! (I find it very eye-appealing, even with the "rub" on the obverse)


Date? ... ummm, May 05th

 

Nice coin! I'll guess that the scrape is the result of a professional archaeologist finding the coin and scraping it on a brick to see what metal it was made of. Certainly it could have been a looter looking for gold but I would expect a looter to realize that the scrape would reduce the price of the find by 50% so he might treat it better than someone who gets paid either way.

 

jw, how you doing my friend, we have a beautiful day here in the Great NW..i love this coin's color, nice big boy, legionary standard Reverse is awesome, it looks like you have some heavy tooling going on the obverse. well done...:thumb::thumb:

 

Really?

 

Very nice coin! I've got a semis of Augustus from Colonia Patricia with a similar patina. I'm embarrassed to say I haven't done any research on these particular provincials yet, so I can't help with dating. I should really stop buying coins and catch up on my homework.

 

Years ago I was introduced to the term 'brick cleaned' by a person who had no use for coins compared to the better things found in museums. Coins are used to date other things but that use requires them to be readable but not pretty. How common was this? I do not know. I suspect the idea was more common a hundred years ago than in more recent times.

 

I'd like to find the clown that did that and give HIM a good brick cleaning.

 

how true, eh? => one man's brick-cleaner is another man's trophy-horse!!