AUGUSTUS AR Denarius

AUGUSTUS
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: CAESAR AVGVSTVS, head left wearing oak wreath
REVERSE: DIVVS-IVLIVS to left and right of eight rayed comet
with tail upwards
Uncertain Spanish Mint, possibly Caesaraugusta 19-18 BC
3.45g, 21mm
RIC 137b RSC 97

Small edge chip Caesaraugusta or Caesar Augusta was the name of the Roman city of current Zaragoza , founded as an immune colony of Rome in the year 25 - 14 BC Its foundation took place as part of the reorganization of the provinces of Hispania by Céasar Augustus after his victory in the Asturian-Cantabrian wars.  A core of soldiers from the legions IV Macedonica, VI Victrix and X Gemina established the colony and integrated into the Iberian Salduie

Sammlung : Augustus thru Flavians