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Augustus
Contributor: Mark Reid
Issuer: AUGUSTUS, 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius.
Obverse: CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F. PATER PATRIAE, Laureate head right
Reverse: ... COS. DESIG. PRINCIPI ..., Gaius and Lucius Caesars stg. facing, shields and spears between them; above, between the spears, simpulum and lituus turning inwards.
Reference: RIC 207var; Sear 479var. Grade: VF+.
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.