Hey everyone, Thought I'd share my mini haul of Augustan silver. I was going to wait until the month of Augustus' birthday, which is September, but I am too impatient and excited to share..... So here they are! Augustus (27 BC-AD 14) AR Quinarius Date: 25-23 BC, struck under P. Carisia Obv: AVGVST, bare head right. Rev: P CARISI LEG, Victory standing right crowning trophy, dagger and curved sword at base. Diameter: 14.5mm Weight: 1.81 grams Mint: Emerita RIC I 1a Ex: Stack’s Bowers, CNG (Feature auction 112) Augustus (27 BC-AD 14) AR Denarius Date: 8 BC Obv: AVGVSTVS DIVI F, laureate head right. Rev: C CAES, Gaius Caesar on horseback galloping right, eagle between vexilla behind; AVGVS dot F below. Diameter: 18mm Weight: 3.8 grams Mint: Lugdunum RIC I 199 Ex: Stack’s Bowers Augustus (27 BC-AD 14) AR Denarius Date: 2 BC-AD 13 Obv: CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE, laureate head right. Rev: AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT, C L CAESARES below, Gaius & Lucius standing front, each with a hand resting on a round shield, a spear, & in field above, a lituus right & simpulum left. Diameter: 19mm Weight: 3.59 grams Mint: Lugdunum RIC I 207 Ex: Stack’s Bowers Feel free to post anything you feel is relevant!
Murderers row of beautiful coins right there! My favorite silver Augustus must've tasted great to the ancient that took a bite out of it: Then there's my little fella:
Beautiful! That middle denarius is my favorite. For the longest time I struggled with selecting a nice Augustus for my collection without breaking the bank - finally snagged this one early this year for a very reasonable price And this one to fill the posthumous spot
NICE collection @Romancollector ... well done. I agree the middle one is what I like... great bust, cool HORSE! Here area few of mine... AR OCTAVIAN RImp Marc Antony & Octavian AR Quinarius 1.58g Military Mint Gaul 39BCE Concordia r Hands clasped caduceus Cr-529-4b Sear 1575 Syd-1195 RImp Octavian 32-31 BCE AR Den Rome mint Bare CAESAR DIVI F Mercury lyre RIC 257 Sear 1550 RImp Octavian AR Quinarius 29-28 BCE Asia Recepta Victory Cista Snakes S 1568 RImp Antony-Octavian AR Denarius 41 BCE 3.65g 18.7mm Military mint Syria star Craw 528-2a Sear 1507 Imitating Octavian-M. Porcius Cato AR quinarius 13.89 mm 1.29g imitating Octavian r blundered legend - Victory seated r patera Cr 343-462 RARE
AR OCTAVIAN AS AUGUSTUS Octavian as Augustus LEFT-Sinister 27 BC–14 AD Quinarius Emerita 25-23 AR 13.5mm 1.79g - P CARISI LEG Victory trophy C 387. RIC 1b SCARCE RI Octavian as Augustus 25-23 BCE AR Quinarius RIGHT facing bust Emerita Augusta Sear 1642 RI Augustus AR Denarius struck 2 BC-14 AD Caius and Lucius Caesars stdg shield spear S 1578 NGC4276216-007 RI Augustus Quinarius - possibly Asia Recepta - blank wore-off-rev
A couple of types not shown in this thread so far: Octavian, with reverse showing priestly implements, emphasizing Octavian's role as Pontifex Maximus: And Augustus, with reverse celebrating the (peaceful) recovery of Roman standards from Parthia:
AE AUGUSTUS RI Augustus 27 BCE-14CE AE As or Semis Spain Celsa Mint 29mm 5.0g Laureate Augustus - Bull RPC271 Cut in ancient times to make change Augustus As four countermarks 25-23 mm 9.8g TICA AVG probably for Tiberius Augustus CE14-37 Dolphin RI Augustus 27BC-AD14 Æ20 5.5g 12h Apameia Phrygia Magistrate Attalos c 15BC Two corn-ears above maeander pattern RPC I, 3125 SCARCE RI Augustus oak crown Agrippa rostral crown L AE Dupondius 26mm 12.6g Type III 9-3 BCE Nemausus chained Croc wreaths RIC I 158 RI Augustus DIVUS under Tiberius 22-23 CE Radiate Alter Left
Nice haul! All three are excellent. AUGUSTUS AR Denarius. 3.64g, 19.9mm, Rome mint, 19-18 BC, P. Petronius Turpilianus, moneyer. RIC 297 (R2). O: CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head right. R: P PETRON TVRPILIAN III VIR, Pegasus walking right.
Some issues not shown yet, that I like very much. The first two are not silver but AEs (apologies for not following the silver guideline of the thread) Semis, Cartago Nova, Hispania Tarraconensis, 4 BC, 15th emission, issued by Marcus Postumius Albinus and Lucius Porcius Capito(linus?) as duumviri quinquennales. Albus or Albinus is a Latin surname or cognomen, best known as the name of the main branch of the patrician gens Postumia. Albus, the original form of the name, means "white". The lengthened form, Albinus, may be interpreted either as "whitish", as "little" or "young Albus." 21 x 23 mm, 5.892 g RPC1 171/15; SNG Copenhagen 496; Burgos 438; Ob.: AVGVSTVS DIVI F laureate head of Augustus to r. Rev.: M•POSTVM•ALBIN•L•PORC•CAPIT•π•VIR• Q Priest standing facing holding simpulum and olive branch Bought from Marc Breitsprecher in 2018 to replace an As, also issued by these two duoviri, that I lost (my bad) when moving between places and countries. I hope i don't have to move never again to anywhere... One struck under Tiberius, Aphrodisias, Caria, shortly after 14 AD 19 x 20 mm, 4.840 g Ob.: ΘEOΣ ΣEBAΣTOΣ Laureate head of Divus Augustus to right Rev.: AΦPOΔI - ΣIEΩN; cult statue of Aphrodite Aphrodisias standing facing with hands extended. The cult statue is schematically represented, the head decoration looks like 3 feathers "Isolated Types of the first century A.D. (Types 46-48, Plate VI)", Macdonald Type 46 The standard reference on Aphrodisias is by David Mcdonald, The Coinage of Aphrodisias, London 1992. The style of this coin shows that it was struck shortly after Augustus death (14 AD). The Obverse corresponds to O97-O98, the reverse is not known by Macdonald: the lettering with the I of AΦPOΔI ending at Aphrodite’s right hand, is new. The known types shown in Macdonald Rev. R164-R170 always have OΔI above the right hand. The authors of RPC - based on Macdonald’s work - adscribe this type to Caligula (37-41 AD). The letters "E" und "Σ" are angular, while under Augustus and Tiberius round letters were used. The struck is uniformly 12h, under Augustus / Tiberius it varies between 12h and 6h for each issue. According to Kroyers (where my father bought the coin) it was struck under the early reign of Tiberius honoring Augustus. and this silver Drachm that I won at cng Lycian League, Myra, Masicytus, ca. 28/27-19/18 BC 17.5 mm, 3.174 g Troxell 119.6 Period IV, Plate 23; RPC I 3309; SNG von Aulock 4356 Ob.: Λ – (Y) Bare head of Augustus to right Rev.: M - A flanking two lyres, pellet between; plectrum above
No worries! There's no silver guideline for this thread....I left it as "anything you feel is relevant", which has a number of possibilities
All three great coins Romancollector, I especially like the Gaius horse one. I just re-photographed a few of my coins here's my croc type. Augustus & Agrippa, AE dupondius struck in Nemausus, after 10 BC
Ow yeah! Augustus pile on, great! Great coins, and I really like no. 2, great portrait and details on the reverse. Here are my coins of Augustus. A coin of his predecessor Octavian (he he he) is on it's way. I will have to post that another day. Silver: Bronze: Gold: Hahaha, just kidding, nothing here!
Not Augustus yet, but here's Octavian: Roman Imperatorial Denarius Octavian / Q Salvius, moneyer (40 B.C.) Military Mint in Italy C CAESA[R III] VR R P C, bare head of Octavian right, / Q SALVVS IMP COS D[ESIG], around thunderbolt. Crawford 523/1a; Sydenham 1326b. (3.58 grams / 18 mm)
Half an Augustus is better than no Augustus - except when Augustus was cut of the coin: ROMAN PROVINCIAL, Agrippa and Augustus. Denomination: AE Dupondius (halved), minted: Colonia Nemausus (current Nimes, France); 10-14 AD Obv: IMP DIVI F. Back-to-back heads of Agrippa, wearing rostral crown, and Augustus, bare (cut off). Rev: COL NEM. Palm shoot, crocodile before, two wreaths with long ties trailing above palm tip Weight: 3.99g; Ø:1.4mm. Catalogue: uncertain. Provenance: Ex private collection; acq.: 02-2019
