- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1976.40.383
- People
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Augustus, Roman (r. 27 BCE - 14 CE)
Gaius Caesar, Roman (lived 20 BCE - 4 CE)
Lucius Caesar, Roman (lived 17 BCE - 2 CE)
- Title
- Denarius of Augustus, Lugdunum
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 2 BCE-4(?) CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Lugdunum (Gaul)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Early
- Culture
- Roman Imperial
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 3.69 g
- Die Axis
- 4
- Denomination
- denarius
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE
- Reverse Inscription: C L CAESARES (in exergue); AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT
- State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
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- Standard Reference Number
- RIC I 2, 207, p. 55
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from Harvard College Library
- Accession Year
- 1976
- Object Number
- 1976.40.383
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- Obv.: Laureate head of Augustus r.; around, CAESA[R AVGV]STVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE.
Rev.: Gaius and Lucius Caesar, on l. and r., stg. front, each togate and resting hand on shield; behind each shield a spear; above, on l., simpulum r., and on r., lituus l.; around, [AV]GVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT; in exergue, C L CAE[SARES].
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