Sestertius - Augustus IMP CAESAR DIVI F AVGVSTVS

Features

Issuer	Cercina (Africa Proconsularis)
Emperor	Augustus (Caius Octavius) (27 BC - 14 AD)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	7 BC - 6 BC
Value	Sestertius (¼)
Currency	Denarius (49 BC to AD 215)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	36.51 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 396815
References	RPC Online I# 802 Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/) , MAA# 57 Jacques Alexandropoulos; 2008. Les monnaies de l'Afrique antique, 400 avant J.-C. - 40 après J.-C. = The coins of ancient Africa, 400 BC - AD 40. Presses Universitaires du Midi, Toulouse, France.

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Obverse

Crab, helmeted head of Virtus, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: PERM L VOLVSI PROCOS CERC

Unabridged legend: perm(issu) L(ucii) Volusi(i) Saturninus proco(n)s(ulis) Cerc(ina)

Translation: by the permission of Lucius Volusius Saturninus, proconsul, Cercina

Reverse

Bare head of Augustus, right; in front, lituus.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAESAR DIVI F AVGVSTVS

Unabridged legend: Imp(erator) Caesar Divi f(ilius) Augustus

Translation: Emperor Caesar, son of the divine, Augustus

Mint

Cercina, Byzacena, modern-day Kerkennah Islands, Tunisia

Comments

Magistrate of Lucius Volusius Saturninus (proconsul).

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (7 BC - 6 BC)

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