2026Numismatics - Roman Coin, As from Augusta Emerita - First Day Cover

This bronze coin is an *as* dating from the reign of the Roman Emperor Tiberius, who ruled Rome between AD 15 and 37. The *as*, which had been the standard bronze coin of the Roman Republic, became a coin used for small transactions; sixteen *asses* were equivalent to one silver *denarius*. These coins weighed approximately 11 grams and had a diameter of around 27 millimeters. It was minted in the city of Augusta Emerita (modern-day Mérida), the capital and administrative center of Lusitania one of the three provinces into which the Roman Empire divided Hispania, alongside Baetica and Tarraconensis.