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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 4984344, member: 44210&quot;]First century Roman is not one of my areas of focus, but for a long while I had been looking to add a coin of Augustus with a nice profile to it (I&#039;ve had coins of Augustus before but not as good condition as this one). This goal was not high on my list, so it was on the backburner for a while, until earlier this year when I came across this one, and so I knew I had to have it.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Augustus</u>, Roman Empire</b></p><p>AR denarius</p><p><b>Obv</b>: CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE, laureate head right.</p><p><b>Rev</b>: C L CAESARES AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT, Gaius and Lucius Caesars standing facing, shields and spears between them; simpulum and lituus above; X below.</p><p><b>Mint</b>: Lugdunum</p><p><b>Ref</b>: RIC I 212; Lyon 86; RSC 43d.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1197450[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Everyone here knows Augustus&#039;s life story, so I&#039;ll just post a map of the empire during the last year of Augustus&#039;s life:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1197452[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post your Augustus/Octavian coins![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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