Augustus AE 25 As, AE, from Colonia Patricia (Corduba), Spain. 25mm, 11.20g. 19/18-2 BC. PERM CAES AVG, laureate head left / COLONIA PATRICIA in two lines in wreath. SGI 16, RPC 129, Lindgren 87. Nice and attractive green patina. Very Fine.
Cordova, a city in Andalusia, was the first colony founded by the Romans in Spain. Its original name was Corduba. When it was made a Roman colony it was renamed Colonia Patricia, to honor the veterans and worthy men who settled it, to whom honor was due, as to Fathers (Patribus). Augustus visited Patricia in 15 or 14 B.C.
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