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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 3450280, member: 87809&quot;]A denarius, not huge, can&#039;t miss the chance of talking about Augustus <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>19 x 20 mm, 3.54 g;</p><p>Hispania, Emerita Augusta, ca. 25 - 23 BC </p><p>Ref.: RIC I 2b (S), RSC I 401, BMCRR Spain 112</p><p>Obv.: IMP CAESAR – AVGVST Bare head of Augustus to left</p><p>Rev.: P CARISIVS (LEG PRO) PR, round shield with central boss within eight pointed star with studs, spearhead with short shaft above, machaira (curved short sword) below, linear border.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the reverse of this coin, a falcata (machaira) is a marker of Celt-Iberian identity on Roman republican coins. The falcata was used to great effect by the armies of Carthage in their wars against Rome. The term falcata is not ancient. It seems to have been coined by Fernando Fulgosio in 1872.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH]916656[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]916662[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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