From the Harvard Art Museums’ collections Denarius of Augustus, Lugdunum

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1976.40.383
People: 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

Medium

Silver

Metal

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

3.69 g

Die Axis

Denomination

denarius

Inscriptions and Marks

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

Standard Reference Number: RIC I 2, 207, p. 55

Acquisition and Rights

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
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Descriptions

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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