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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 1663733, member: 39084&quot;]Although I&#039;m still looking for a portrait Augustus &quot;as&quot; to complete my set of this emperor&#039;s common coins, I have managed to assemble the other three denominations (sestertius, denarius, aureus) for Augustus.&nbsp; The sestertius is notoriously difficult to find in well-struck condition, with my particular example exhibiting the usual weak strike on the reverse:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]246064.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>AUGUSTUS</p><p>AE Sestertius (25.72 g.)&nbsp; Lugdunum circa 9 - 14 A.D.</p><p>CAESAR AVGVTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE Laureate head of Augustus r. Rev. ROM ET AVG Altar of Lugdunum.</p><p>RIC 231a</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]246065.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>OCTAVIAN (AUGUSTUS)</p><p>AR Denarius (3.84 g.)&nbsp; Brundisium &amp; Rome (?) ca. 29 - 27 B.C.</p><p>Bare head of Octavian right; rev. IMP - CAESAR military trophy, base crossed w/rudder and anchor set on prow right</p><p>RIC 265a</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]246066.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>AUGUSTUS</p><p>AV Aureus (7.90 g.)&nbsp; Lugdunum circa 11 - 10 B.C.</p><p>AVGVSTVS - DIVI-f Laureate head right.&nbsp; Rev. IMP - XII Diana, wearing polos and long drapery, advancing r., holding bow and taking arrow from quiver.&nbsp; In exergue, SICIL</p><p>RIC 196</p><p><br /></p><p>Augustus was very positively and benignly portrayed in the BBC series &quot;I, Claudius&quot; as a benevolent and well-meaning Caesar, although his choice of Livia as his wife was probably the worst decision he ever made in his long life.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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