- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1942.176.79
- People
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Augustus, Roman (r. 27 BCE - 14 CE)
- Title
- Denarius of Augustus, Lugdunum
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 15 -13 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Lugdunum (Gaul)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Early
- Culture
- Roman Imperial
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/180899
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 3.77 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- denarius
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: obverse: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG
- inscription: reverse: PON MAX TR P COS V
- Obverse Inscription: AVGVSTVS DIVI F
- Reverse Inscription: IMP X
- State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
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- Standard Reference Number
- RIC I 2, 165a, p. 52
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The George Davis Chase Collection of Roman Coins, Gift of George Davis Chase, Professor of Classics and Dean of Graduate Study at the University of Maine
- Accession Year
- 1942
- Object Number
- 1942.176.79
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- Obv.: Bare head of Augustus r.; around, AVGVSTVS DIVI F
Rev.: Two soldiers, each with parazonium, giving one branch each to Augustus seated l. on stool on platform; in exergue, IMP X
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