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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 5431913, member: 99456"]A quinarius of Augustus not long after his victory in Actium.<b> </b>This coin seemed to be a nice complement to your collection of legionary denarii:</p><p>The colony of Emerita was founded by Augustus in 25 BC for the veterans (emeriti) of the legions V and VII. The legatus Augusti, P. Carisius, was charged with maintaining the military operations in western Spain. Carisius also established a mint there to finance his activities, 25-20 BC. </p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1236052[/ATTACH] Augustus,</b> 27 BC-AD 14, AR Quinarius, Emerita mint (Spain), P. Carisius, legatus pro praetore, struck circa 25-23 BC</p><p><b>Obv:</b> AVGVST, Bare head right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> CARIS I LEG, Victory standing right, placing wreath on a trophy consisting of helmet and cuirass; dagger and sword hilt at base of trophy</p><p><b>Ref:</b> <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).aug.1A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).aug.1A" rel="nofollow">RIC I 1a</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 5431913, member: 99456"]A quinarius of Augustus not long after his victory in Actium.[B] [/B]This coin seemed to be a nice complement to your collection of legionary denarii: The colony of Emerita was founded by Augustus in 25 BC for the veterans (emeriti) of the legions V and VII. The legatus Augusti, P. Carisius, was charged with maintaining the military operations in western Spain. Carisius also established a mint there to finance his activities, 25-20 BC. [B][ATTACH=full]1236052[/ATTACH] Augustus,[/B] 27 BC-AD 14, AR Quinarius, Emerita mint (Spain), P. Carisius, legatus pro praetore, struck circa 25-23 BC [B]Obv:[/B] AVGVST, Bare head right [B]Rev:[/B] CARIS I LEG, Victory standing right, placing wreath on a trophy consisting of helmet and cuirass; dagger and sword hilt at base of trophy [B]Ref:[/B] [URL='http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).aug.1A']RIC I 1a[/URL][/QUOTE]
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