68, Lot: 257. Estimate $100. Sold for $94. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUGUSTUS. 27 BC-14 AD. AR Brokage Denarius (18mm, 3.59 gm). Emerita mint. P. Carisius, legate pro praetore. Struck circa 25-23 BC. Bare head right / Incuse of obverse. Cf. RIC I 2a; RSC 400b. Near VF.

In 23 BC, Carisius completed the construction of the city of Augusta Emerita in Lusitania, begun by Augustus for the veterans (emeriti) of the fifth and seventh legions.