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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 3314664, member: 87809&quot;]<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/82270/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/82270/">@VDB</a> Thank you for starting this thread about my favorite: Augustus. </p><p>Your coin is awesome!! Congrats, great choice!</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of my Augustus denarii - pictures are not so good...</p><p>Lugdunum, struck 15 - 13 BC </p><p>Ref.: RIC I 171A; Lyon 28; RSC 144; </p><p>Obv.: AVGVSTVS&nbsp; DIVI F bare head of Augustus right;</p><p>Rev.: IMP • X across field, ACT • in exergue, Apollo Citharoedus of Actium, wearing long drapery, standing facing, head left, holding plectrum in right hand and lyre in left.</p><p>Apollo Actius is honored by Augustus in this reverse type for his victory at the Battle of Actium, where an ancient temple dedicated to Apollo overlooked the sea. Augustus also had the temple enlarged and renovated as an expression of his gratitude, and he similarly dedicated the Actian Games in further celebration.</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH]878184[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]878185[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]878186[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]878187[/ATTACH] </p><p>One like Cucumbor&#039;s with Victory facing left:</p><p>undetermined Italian mint, 32 - 29 BC; </p><p>20 mm, 3.77 g;</p><p>Ref.: RIC 254B; Cohen 64</p><p>Obv.: bare head of Augustus left</p><p>Rev.: CAESAR – DIVI F Victory standing to l. on globe and holding wreath in extended r. hand and shouldering palm branch with l. hand</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH]878188[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]878189[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Not long after Drusus died in an accident in 9 BC, Tiberius was sent to take over the German campaign, which focused principally on solidifying control over the areas that Drusus had conquered between the Rhine and the Ems. He won a major victory, and in the following year he was awarded a triumph, the tribunician power for five years, and his second consulship. Except for the troublesome Sugambri, the rest of the conquered German tribes readily sued for peace, sending emissaries to visit Augustus, who had taken up residence in Lugdunum. This denarius celebrates the conclusion of that campaign, and it would seem to depict the surrender of German kings to Augustus or Tiberius, with the defeated tribes offering their young as hostages. They would grow up in the circles of nobility, being educated in the Roman manner. As well as serving as leverage against their fathers, they could be used as pretenders to the conquered thrones in case of civil war.</p><p>Gallia, Lugdunum, 8 BC</p><p>16 x 19 mm, 3.74 g;</p><p>Ref.: RIC I 201A; Cohen 133; Lyon 65; RSC 175</p><p>Obv.: AVGVSTVS DIVI F Laureate head right</p><p>Rev.: No legend; in ex: IMP•XIIII - on right Augustus, bareheaded and togate, seated left on curule chair set on low daïs, extending his right hand toward a cloaked Gaul or German on left, standing right, presenting a child held out in both hands toward Augustus.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH]878190[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]878191[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And a Denarius of Augustus depicting Gaius Caesar on horseback, like the one posted by Ancient Aussie. The coin commemorates Augustus&#039; introduction of his 12-year-old adopted son to the army in Gaul. Gaius still wears a bulla, which flies out from his neck and is emphasized on the coin by its exaggerated size. Tragically, his brother Lucius fell ill and died in August 2 AD, and around the same time Gaius was wounded while besieging the Armenian city of Artagira. He died eighteen months later at the age of twenty-four. Their deaths robbed the empire of two most promising young princes, and Augustus of his most favored heirs. The aged emperor was left inconsolable with grief, and the way was thus cleared for the succession of Tiberius.</p><p>The use of the word DIVI 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. Mattingly observes that this reverse type is particularly well suited to Gaul.</p><p>Lugdunum, Gallia 9 BC</p><p>17 x 19 mm; 4 g</p><p>Ref.: RIC 199; Sear 1596; Cohen 40; </p><p>Obv.: AVGVSTVS DIVI·F Head of Augustus, laureate, right</p><p>Rev.: C·CAES above, AVGVS·F in exergue; Gaius Caesar galloping right, holding sword and shield in left hand, aquila between two standards on ground</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH]878194[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]878195[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I think I am getting carried away by this thread, it is addictive for me, so I better stop<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie82" alt=":shy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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