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Augustus
Contributor: Teresa Darling
Issuer: AUGUSTUS, 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius.
Obverse: CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F. PATER PATRIAE. His laureated head right.
Reverse: C. L. CAESARES AVGVSTI F. COS. DESIG. PRINC. IVVENT, Gaius and Lucius Caesars standing facing each other, shields and spears between them. Sacrificial implements in upper field.
Reference: RIC 207, Sear 479. Grade: EF. Lead spot on reverse.
Comments: For more information, read the "Augustus" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on Augustus see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews.