Emerita Augusta, Hispania (Roman Empire, Tiberius) AE As 14-37 CE 

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Emerita Augusta, Hispania (Roman Empire, Tiberius) AE As 14-37 CE
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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
4435549
Area
Coins
Title
Emerita Augusta, Hispania (Roman Empire, Tiberius) AE As 14-37 CE
Country
Roman Empire
Face value
As
Year
20
Variety / overstrike
Era
Roman Empire - Augustus to Vitellius (31 B.C.-69)
Head of State
Tiberius van het Romeinse Rijk (14-37)
Type
Coin
Designer
Series
Theme
Material
Bronze
Weight
11.62
Diameter
26.27
Thickness
Punch
Coin alignment
Shape
Round
Obverse
TI CAESAR AVGVSTVS POM MAX IMP, Head of Tiberius facing left, laureate
Reverse
AVGVSTA EMERITA, Gate, COL in ex.
Edge
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
Catalogue number
RPC 42; Burgos 830, AB-1056
Details
The Roman colony of Emerita Augusta (present day Mérida, Spain) was founded in 25 BC by Augustus, to resettle emeriti soldiers discharged from the Roman army from two veteran legions of the Cantabrian Wars: Legio V Alaudae and Legio X Gemina. It was capital city of the Roman province of Lusitania. Today the Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida is one of the largest and most extensive archaeological sites in Spain and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993.