69, Lot: 80. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUGUSTUS. 27 BC-14 AD. AR Quinarius (14mm, 1.54 gm). Emerita mint. P. Carisius, legate pro praetore. Struck circa 25-23 BC. Bare head right / Victory standing right, crowning trophy; dagger and curved sword at base. RIC I 1a; RSC 386. Toned VF, a few marks on obverse.

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.