Quadrans - Augustus AVGVSTVS DIVI F

Features

Issuer	Roman Empire (Rome)
Emperor	Augustus (Caius Octavius) (27 BC - 14 AD)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	15 BC - 10 BC
Value	1 Quadrans = ¼ As = 1⁄64 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	2.72 g
Diameter	19.61 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 247690
References	RIC I# 228, Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland, Robert A. G. 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.228 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Augustus, bare, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAESAR

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

Reverse

Bull butting left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: AVGVSTVS DIVI F

Translation:
Augustus Divi Filii.
Augustus, son of the divine.

Mint

Comments

Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

See also

• Cow or bovine

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Numista Rarity index: 95

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