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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2282548, member: 57495&quot;]There&#039;s substantial variety to Augustus&#039;s silver Imperial coinage, but at the top of my list would be a &#039;Caesar&#039;s comet&#039; or &#039;Capricorn playing with globe&#039;.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been waiting for the right example of either of those, but alas, did not end up with one as my first denarius of Augustus.&nbsp; I blame it on my weakness for coins with Pegasus on them, and a certain P. Petronius Turpilianus, moneyer, who put the winged horsey on this one.&nbsp; The reverse type may lack the propagandistic punch of some of Augustus&#039;s other denarii, but I thought this was just a flat-out gorgeous coin when I saw it and I couldn&#039;t pass it up.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Please feel free to share your favorite coins of Augustus!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]456364[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>AUGUSTUS</b></p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>3.64g, 19.9mm</p><p>Rome mint, 19-18 BC, P. Petronius Turpilianus, moneyer</p><p>RIC 297 (R2)</p><p>O: CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head right.</p><p>R: P PETRON TVRPILIAN III VIR, Pegasus walking right.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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