Augustus AS, Posthumous Provident Issue under Tiberius

This is one of the seven coins from Guy Clark's inventory that I bought from Tom Wood this weekend. I might have overpaid at $100, but I don't care. I bought it to help Guy's family out. It is also a large Roman bronze featuring the portrait of Augustus with clear legends and devices and smooth fields. There are scratches from an overzealous cleaning, but they don't detract much.

The interesting thing about this coin is the obverse inscription: DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER, pater of course meaning father. Augustus was Tiberius' father, and since this coin was a posthumous issue struck under Tiberius, the inscription makes sense. Another angle is that many historians view Augustus as the first "true" emperor of Rome, making him a symbolic "father" of the Roman Empire. The reverse features a funeral altar called the Altar of Providence (where the inscription below the altar comes from).

As of right now, I think this may be my favorite Roman Imperial, though my Nero denarius is up there.



I don't normally do this attribution information, but here goes...

Augustus 27BC - 14AD
AE As
Obv: Augustus head facing left with a radiate crown, DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER
Rev: The Altar of Providence, PROVIDENT SC
Posthumous issue under Tiberius, 22-30AD
RIC 81, Sear 1789
Ex. Guy Clark

 

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Nice Augustus bronze. And I'm not sure if you overpaid, but, like you said, if you did it was for a good cause. You are a good person @TypeCoin971793.

BTW, here is my example of this coin:

 

$100 bucks sounds alright to me for a good looking and important coin of Tiberius, I paid a fair bit more for mine.

 

Nice!

 

That coin has a lot of eye-appeal and it has sentimental value, too, coming from Guy's inventory. You'll cherish it and think of Guy every time you look at it for years to come.

 

I bought this coin from Guy Clark a couple of years ago. Rome sestertius minted under Marcus Aurelius, Antoninus Pius column, RIC 1269.

 

I never bought from Guy Clark, but good on you for picking up some coins from his inventory to help his family out.

Your example is also much nicer than one I used to own...


A couple years back, I brought it along on a trip to Rome and used it when I did the touristy coin-toss thing at the Trevi fountain. According to tradition, tossing a coin into the fountain guarantees a return trip to Rome. I figured it was win-win... the coin got to go back, and so will I.

 

To good for Trevi fountain zumbly, I chucked this over my shoulder and went back 2 years later, although it was my only Colosseum coin.

 

Yeah, I figured any coin would work, but hey, at the very least I have a good story to milk for years to come .

 

Somebodies probably trying to put it in a Coke machine by now.

 

Another one for the Trevi fountain ?



This one stays in my collection

 

Actually, the obverse inscription SHOULD be DIVVS AVGVSTVS STEP PATER, since Augustus was Tiberius' step-father.

 

Type-C => nice!! ... congrats on yet another total OP-winner (well done)

 

Again very nice Augustus coins..these two will never leave the house!