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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Codera, post: 25298252, member: 70631&quot;]In my 10 years of collecting ancient coins I had yet to expand my collection to the more popular eras of Roman history that command the highest demand/prices, until now. The earliest Roman coin I had up to this point was a sestertius from Marcus Aurelius and I was mostly focused on coins from the later empire, so it was about time I got a coin from the man who started it all at last. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sure this denarius from late in Augustus&#039; reign will be very familiar to a lot of people on this website. It&#039;s of course spreading the message that there are two capable heirs, Gaius and Lucius, ready to take over once Augustus finally passes away only for both of them to tragically die first, leaving the princeps no choice but to reluctantly make his estranged stepson Tiberius his heir instead. </p><p><br /></p><p>Part of the coin is chipped so some of the legends are lost (it&#039;s a common type though so what it should say can easily be compared with other examples) but perhaps that&#039;s what helped make this coin a bit more affordable for me (even though it&#039;s more than what I paid for the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-latest-coin-romes-millennium.411511/#post-25276055" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-latest-coin-romes-millennium.411511/#post-25276055">pristine antoninianus of Philip the Arab</a> I shared last time, which goes to show how much more demand there is for coins from Julius Caesar to Commodus). Nonetheless the details are still in pretty good shape and the artistry is quite lovely, the portrait on this coin reminds me of the famous Prima Porta statue.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1616065[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Augustus. 27 BC - 14 AD</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 2 BC-12 AD</p><p>Laureate head right / Caius and Lucius Caesars standing facing; shields and spears between them with simpulum and lituus above</p><p>3.58 g, 18 mm, silver, chipped</p><p>References: RIC I 207; RSC 43[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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