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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 2653606, member: 78244&quot;]This is one of the seven coins from Guy Clark&#039;s inventory that I bought from Tom Wood this weekend. I might have overpaid at $100, but I don&#039;t care. I bought it to help Guy&#039;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&#039;t detract much.</p><p><br /></p><p>The interesting thing about this coin is the obverse inscription: DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER, pater of course meaning father. Augustus was Tiberius&#039; 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 &quot;true&quot; emperor of Rome, making him a symbolic &quot;father&quot; of the Roman Empire. The reverse features a funeral altar called the Altar of Providence (where the inscription below the altar comes from).</p><p><br /></p><p>As of right now, I think this may be my favorite Roman Imperial, though my Nero denarius is up there.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]587430[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]587431[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t normally do this attribution information, but here goes...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Augustus</b> 27BC - 14AD</p><p>AE As</p><p>Obv: Augustus head facing left with a radiate crown, DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER</p><p>Rev: The Altar of Providence, PROVIDENT SC</p><p>Posthumous issue under Tiberius, 22-30AD</p><p>RIC 81, Sear 1789</p><p><i>Ex. Guy Clark</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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