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Contributor: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
Issuer: AUGUSTUS, 27 BC-AD 14. Struck ca 32-29 BC, when he was still known as Octavian. AR Fourre Denarius (3.04 gm). Uncertain Italian mint.
Obverse: His bare head right.
Reverse: CAESAR DIVI F, Pax, draped, standing right, holding branch and cornucopiae.
Reference: RIC 252; RSC 69. Grade: toned 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.