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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 7844431, member: 110350"]I'm afraid I don't have much to show here. I would love to have more Imperial denarii and other coins of Augustus (including some from when he was Octavian), but they all seem to be remarkably expensive in decent condition, especially the Octavians. The one affordable denarius type I see all the time is the Gaius-Lucius type, which for whatever reason is much more common than any other.</p><p><br /></p><p>Augustus AR Denarius, 19 BCE, Colonia Patricia [Cordoba] Mint. Obv. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head right / Rev: SIGNIS RECEPTIS and SP QR, above and below; aquila (left) & standard (right) flanking shield incribed CL V. RIC I 86, RSC I 265, Sear RCV I 1633. 18mm, 3.8 g. [<i>The Senate awarded Augustus the 'shield of valour' (clipeus virtutis) for recovering the standards lost to the Parthians by Crassus</i>.]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1350036[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Rhoemetalces and Augustus, AE 22 mm., 11 BCE-12 AD, Thrace. Obv. Jugate heads of King Rhoemetalces and his queen Pythodoris right, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΡΟΙΜΗΤΑΛΚΟΥ / Rev. bare head of Augustus right, ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ. ); RPC [<i>Roman Provincial Coinage</i>] Vol. I 1711 (1992); RPC I Online at <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1711" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1711" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1711</a> ; Sear <i>GIC </i>Thrace 5396 [D. Sear, <i>Greek Imperial Coins and their Values </i>(Seaby 1982)]; BMC 3 Thrace 4-6 [Poole, R.S., ed. <i>A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, The Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, etc., Vol. 3</i> (London, 1877)]. 22 mm., 8.93 g., 7 h. Ex. London Ancient Coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1350280[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Augustus AE (Brass) Dupondius, 9-3 BCE, Colonia Augusta Nemausus [Nîmes] (Gallia Narbonensis province) Mint. Obv. Heads of Agrippa left and Augustus right, back to back, with Agrippa wearing combined laurel wreath and rostral crown, and Augustus wearing oak wreath, IMP above heads and DIVI F below [<i>Imperator Divi Filius</i>] / Rev. Crocodile right standing on two palm branches, chained to palm-shoot standing behind it, with tip of shoot leaning to right; wreath above and to left of palm-shoot, with long ties extending behind shoot to right, COL - NEM to left and right of palm-shoot. “Type III” of Augustus & Agrippa/Crocodile coin (see <a href="https://multicollec.net/1-mo-h/1h04" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://multicollec.net/1-mo-h/1h04" rel="nofollow">https://multicollec.net/1-mo-h/1h04</a>). RIC I 158 (p. 52), RPC I 524 (see <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?volume_id=1&number=524" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?volume_id=1&number=524" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?volume_id=1&number=524</a>), Sear Greek Imperial Coins 157 (D. Sear, <i>Greek Imperial Coins and their Values</i> (1982)], Sear RCV I 1730 (ill.). [<i>See Sear RCV I at p. 337:</i> <i>Commemorates conquest of Egypt in 30 BCE; influenced by Augustus’s settlement of veterans of Egyptian campaign in Nemausus after colony was founded in 27 BCE.</i>] 28 mm., 12.09 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1350034[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Augustus AR Denarius, 2 BCE- 4 AD Lugdunum [Lyons] Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE/ Rev. Gaius & Lucius standing front, each with a hand resting on a round shield, a spear, & in field above, a lituus [<i>curved augural staff</i>] right & simpulum [<i>ladle</i>] left [<i>in "b9"-like formation</i>], AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT (beginning at 4:00); C L CAESARES below. RIC I 207, RSC I 43, Sear RCV I 1597, BMCRE 533. 18 mm., 3.9 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1350038[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Augustus, Æ As, 11-12 AD Rome Mint. Obv. IMP CAESAR DIVI F AVGVSTVS IMP XX Bare head of Augustus to left / Rev. PONTIF MAXIM TRIBVN POT XXXIIII around large S•C. RIC I 471, BMCRE 275, Sear RCV I 1689, Cohen 226. 27 mm., 9.98 g, 7 h. Brown surfaces with some green patina. About very fine. <i>Ex: Nomos, Obolos 11 (December 8, 2018), lot #489</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1350037[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 7844431, member: 110350"]I'm afraid I don't have much to show here. I would love to have more Imperial denarii and other coins of Augustus (including some from when he was Octavian), but they all seem to be remarkably expensive in decent condition, especially the Octavians. The one affordable denarius type I see all the time is the Gaius-Lucius type, which for whatever reason is much more common than any other. Augustus AR Denarius, 19 BCE, Colonia Patricia [Cordoba] Mint. Obv. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head right / Rev: SIGNIS RECEPTIS and SP QR, above and below; aquila (left) & standard (right) flanking shield incribed CL V. RIC I 86, RSC I 265, Sear RCV I 1633. 18mm, 3.8 g. [[I]The Senate awarded Augustus the 'shield of valour' (clipeus virtutis) for recovering the standards lost to the Parthians by Crassus[/I].] [ATTACH=full]1350036[/ATTACH] Rhoemetalces and Augustus, AE 22 mm., 11 BCE-12 AD, Thrace. Obv. Jugate heads of King Rhoemetalces and his queen Pythodoris right, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΡΟΙΜΗΤΑΛΚΟΥ / Rev. bare head of Augustus right, ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ. ); RPC [[I]Roman Provincial Coinage[/I]] Vol. I 1711 (1992); RPC I Online at [URL]https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1711[/URL] ; Sear [I]GIC [/I]Thrace 5396 [D. Sear, [I]Greek Imperial Coins and their Values [/I](Seaby 1982)]; BMC 3 Thrace 4-6 [Poole, R.S., ed. [I]A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, The Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, etc., Vol. 3[/I] (London, 1877)]. 22 mm., 8.93 g., 7 h. Ex. London Ancient Coins. [ATTACH=full]1350280[/ATTACH] Augustus AE (Brass) Dupondius, 9-3 BCE, Colonia Augusta Nemausus [Nîmes] (Gallia Narbonensis province) Mint. Obv. Heads of Agrippa left and Augustus right, back to back, with Agrippa wearing combined laurel wreath and rostral crown, and Augustus wearing oak wreath, IMP above heads and DIVI F below [[I]Imperator Divi Filius[/I]] / Rev. Crocodile right standing on two palm branches, chained to palm-shoot standing behind it, with tip of shoot leaning to right; wreath above and to left of palm-shoot, with long ties extending behind shoot to right, COL - NEM to left and right of palm-shoot. “Type III” of Augustus & Agrippa/Crocodile coin (see [URL]https://multicollec.net/1-mo-h/1h04[/URL]). RIC I 158 (p. 52), RPC I 524 (see [URL]https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?volume_id=1&number=524[/URL]), Sear Greek Imperial Coins 157 (D. Sear, [I]Greek Imperial Coins and their Values[/I] (1982)], Sear RCV I 1730 (ill.). [[I]See Sear RCV I at p. 337:[/I] [I]Commemorates conquest of Egypt in 30 BCE; influenced by Augustus’s settlement of veterans of Egyptian campaign in Nemausus after colony was founded in 27 BCE.[/I]] 28 mm., 12.09 g. [ATTACH=full]1350034[/ATTACH] Augustus AR Denarius, 2 BCE- 4 AD Lugdunum [Lyons] Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE/ Rev. Gaius & Lucius standing front, each with a hand resting on a round shield, a spear, & in field above, a lituus [[I]curved augural staff[/I]] right & simpulum [[I]ladle[/I]] left [[I]in "b9"-like formation[/I]], AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT (beginning at 4:00); C L CAESARES below. RIC I 207, RSC I 43, Sear RCV I 1597, BMCRE 533. 18 mm., 3.9 g. [ATTACH=full]1350038[/ATTACH] Augustus, Æ As, 11-12 AD Rome Mint. Obv. IMP CAESAR DIVI F AVGVSTVS IMP XX Bare head of Augustus to left / Rev. PONTIF MAXIM TRIBVN POT XXXIIII around large S•C. RIC I 471, BMCRE 275, Sear RCV I 1689, Cohen 226. 27 mm., 9.98 g, 7 h. Brown surfaces with some green patina. About very fine. [I]Ex: Nomos, Obolos 11 (December 8, 2018), lot #489[/I]. [ATTACH=full]1350037[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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