Caesaraugusta in Hispania, 3 BC.-10 AD., Augustus, Semis (halved As), RPC 322 var.
Caesaraugusta (todays Zaragoza) in Hispania Tarraconensis, Augustus, issued by duoviri Mn. Kaninius and L. Titius, about 3 BC - 10 AD.,
Æ Semis (halved As) (14-29 mm / 6,14 g),
Obv.: AV[GVSTVS - DI]VI F , laureate Head of Augustus facing right, [simpulum and lituus to l. and r.].
Rev.: [CAESARAVG(VSTA) / M]N KANINIO ITER [L TITI(O)] / II VIR , priest ploughing with yoke of two oxen, r.
RPC I, 121, 322 var. (45 pieces listed) ; SNG Cop. 544 var. ; Alvarez Burgos (1992), 60, 226 var. .
The colony of Caesaraugusta was established by Augustus about 19 BC with veterans of the fourth, sixth and tenth legions next to the Ebro river at the site of the Iberian oppidum of Salduba.
Modern Zaragoza (Saragossa in English) is the capital city of the autonomous region and former kingdom of Aragon in Spain.
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