Roman Empire - Augustus - Silver Denarius (3,37 g. 18 mm.). Emerita, 23 BC. P. Carisius, legate.

IMP CAESAR AVGVST Head bare r.

P CARISIVS - LEG PRO PR Short sword, helmet with elaborate crest seen frontally, slanting double-ax.

BM-281, Paris-1045 pl. XLII (same rev. die), RIC-7a, C-406.

MBC.

The colony of Emerita Augusta was founded in 25 BC by P. Carisius, governor of Lusitania, for veterans of legions V Alauda and X Gemina who had recently participated in Augustus' campaigns in northwestern Spain.