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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Province of Hispania Ulterior - Corduba Colonia Patricia AE33 Augustus 27-10 BC. Obv. PERMISSV CA(ESARIS A)VGVSTI bare head left Rv. COLONIA PATRICIA Aquila between two standards. Dark chocolate brown patina with coarse surfaces RPC 128 FAB-1988 33mm 23.08 grams  "By Permission of Caesar Augustus"  All Hail Caesar ! And pass the olives please ..... Edited by FVRIVS RVFVS
05/20/2015 6:20 pm
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Moderator
 United States
23731 Posts |
First one from this province that I've seen. Nice coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4778 Posts |
Nice coin. I also recently got a Spanish provincial of Augustus with a similar reverse, but its from Emerita. It celebrates the 5th and 10th Legion veterans that were settled in the city.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Italy
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 So could these be spent in the other provinces (ex. Syria or Italia) or were they only used in Hispania? |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
3443 Posts |
It seems to be the equivalent to a sestertius and I am sure it was more or less accepted just about anywhere.
Refusing to accept a coin with portrait of Caesar Augustus I suspect might have been considered inadvisable !
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3443 Posts |
The postman arrived with a package from Germany !
Stand by for News !
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4971 Posts |
that's a cool coin FR, I was expecting to see the "colonia patrica" in a wreath type, wasn't even aware of this one.
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Pillar of the Community
Spain
629 Posts |
You are wrong...
these coins were intended as small change in a city, not for being used in others cities.
So their types are very specific, usually whith the names of local magistrates, and alluding to local facts.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Colonial issues (as opposed to provincial issues) were pretty much spot on as regards weight and diameter. The colonists were for the most part retired military collecting pensions from the state. The bronze coinage did not become a token until later on in the third century.
I doubt they traveled very far. But if one showed up in the market place in Lugdunum I doubt a merchant would have refused to accept it.
I could of course be wrong ! But it seems they met the official standards of weight.
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
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what a great coin, love it! a 33mm legionary coin of augustus!
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