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Contributor: David Sorenson

Issuer:

AUGUSTUS, 27 BC-AD 14. AR Quinarius (1.61 g.).

Obverse:

AVGVST. Bare head right.

Reverse:

P. CARISI. LEG., Victory, standing right, crowning trophy.

Reference:

RIC 1a, Sear 500. Grade: Toned VF.

Comments:

For more information, read the "Augustus" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on Augustus see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews.