Quadrans - Augustus AVGVSTVS

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Augustus (Caius Octavius) (27 BC - 14 AD)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	15 BC - 10 BC
Value	1 Quadrans = ¼ As (1⁄64)
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	2.6 g
Diameter	18.5 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 247689
References	RIC I# 227 Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland, Robert Andrew Glendinning Carson; 1984. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 1. Augustus – Vitellius (31 BC–AD 69) (1923 revised Edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.1(2).aug.227 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) , RPC Online I# 508 Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/)

Obverse

Head of Augustus, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAESAR

Translation:
Imperator Caesar.
Supreme commander (Imperator) and Caesar.

Reverse

Eagle standing front, head left, with wings spread.

Script: Latin

Lettering: AVGVSTVS

Translation: Augustus.

Mint

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