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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 2834743, member: 88829&quot;]The Augustus denarius I like the best from my 12 Caesars set:</p><p><b>Augustus Caesar/ Octavian (8-6 BC)</b></p><p><b>(BMCRE 502)</b></p><p><b>Minted at Lugdunum (Lyon)</b>[ATTACH=full]669004[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse inscriptions read AVGVSTVS downward on left, and DIVI F upward on right. The use of the word <i>DIVI</i> on later coins tended to be a posthumous reference to the deceased (and deified) imperial person, however, here it was intended as a familial reference to a deceased parent.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev.: C.CAES (off flan) above; AVGVS.F below in exergue.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse features an image of G/Caius Caesar, an adopted grandson of Augustus (not Caligula), on horseback, brandishing sword and shield, riding past a pair of vexilla (signal standards) on either side of an aquila (eagle standard). Mattingly observes that this reverse type is particularly well suited to Gaul.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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