Reverse: Round shield between two standards

Obverse: Head of Augustus

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Context: Colonia Patricia?
Material: Silver
Denomination: Denarius
Issuing Authority: Augustus
Actual Weight: 3.9 g.
Date: exact 19 BC - exact 15 BC
Dimensions: 18 mm.
Region: Spain
Period: Augustan


Obverse Type: Within circle, an inscribed round shield, between two standards (eagle on left)

Donor: Bequest of Miss Rebecca Salisbury

Commentary: Imperial denarius

Sources Used: BMCRE I, 72, nos. 417-419; pl. 9.16