1 Semis of Augustus, Emperor of Rome from Carthago Nova Mint: Carthago Nova
Magistrate: C. Laetilius Apalus
Magistrate: Ptolemaeus, King of Mauretania, 13/9 B.C.–A.D. 40, ruled A.D. 23–40
Ruler: Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.–A.D. 14, ruled 27 B.C.–A.D. 14

23–27

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

5.20 g, 2:00, 20 mm

Credit Line

Ruth Elizabeth White Fund

Accession Number

2004.6.3

Geography

Made in Carthago Nova

Culture

Roman

Period

1st century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: AVGVSTVS - DIVI F outwardly from 5:00. Head of Augustus laureate r.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: C LAETILIVS ARPALVS II VIR Q outwardly from 5:00. Diadem enclosing REX / PTOL.
Provenance
Müller, to February 1985; Professor Dr. Peter Robert Franke and Leonore Franke, Munich, 1985–2004; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

coins, semisses

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