Lucus Augusti in Hispania, Augustus, ca. 19 BC., As, RPC 3.
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Lucus Augusti in Hispania (modern Lugo, Galicia), Augustus, struck ca. 19 BC.,
As (ø 25-26 mm / 9,96 g), bronze (copper + lead),
Obv.: IMP AVG DIVI F , his bare head l. (better style), palm in front, winged caduceus behind - cabeza descubierto de Augusto, mirando hacia la izquierda. Palma delante y caduceo detrás del busto.
Rev.: a Galician “caetra“ (round shield of the indigenous peoples of the North of Hispania) - rodela de frentre, caetra (escudo redondo de los pueblos indÃgenas del Norte de Hispania).
RPC I, p. 68, no. 3 (37 pieces listed) ; SNG Cop. 413 ; BMC 2177 ; Burgos (FAB.) 1706 ; ACIP. 3301 .
Lucus Augusti in Hispania, modern Lugo in Galicia
These coins were minted during the army offensive against the Cantabros and Astures tribes in northern Spain between 29 to 19 BC.
Comanders: Augustus (29-26 BC.), Cayus Antistius Vetus (26-24 BC.), Lucius Emilius (24-22 BC.), Cayus Furnius (22-19 BC.), Publius Silius Nerva (19 BC.), Marcus Vipsanius Agripa (19 BC.).
Legions: Legio IV Macedonica, Legio I Augusta (was defeated and lost the name "Augusta" in 19 BC., changed to "Vernacula"), Legio II Augusta, Legio IX Hispana, Legio XX Valeria Victrix (arriving from Aquitania).
Auxiliar troops: Ala Augusta, Ala Parthorum, Cohorta IV Thracum Aequitata, Ala II Thracum Victrrix Ciuium Romanorum.
War against the Astures: Comanders: Publius Carisius (29-22 BC.), Cayus Furnius (22 BC.), Legions: Legio VI Victrix, Legio X Gemina, Legio V Alaudae, Auxiliar troops: Ala II Gallorum, Cohorte IV Gallorum.
From RPC suppl.1-3: C. Pérez González, E. Illaregui Gómez and A. Morillo Cerdán, ‘Reflexiones sobre las monedas de la Caetra procedentes de Herrera de Pisuerga (Palencia)’, La Moneda Hispánica. Ciudad y Territorio. Anejos de Archivo Español de ArqueologÃa XIV (1995), pp. 199-206.
S. Ferrer, XXII Congreso Nacional de ArqueologÃa (Vigo, 1993), pp. 283-8, and L. Sagredo, Hispania Antiqua XIX (1995), pp. 37-75 have discussed these coins and suggested that 1-3 were struck in c. 19 BC in Lucus Augusti (Lugo), because of the finds there, especially a flan for making coins like 3.
T.R. Volk, ‘Hispania and the gold and silver coinage of Augustus’, La moneda en temps d’August (Barcelona, 1997), pp. 73-4, has suggested that the metrology, fabric and style of the coins suggest that they were probably struck by workers detached from the ‘Patricia’ group.
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