OTD: 63 BCE Augustus, the final straw to break the republics back, is born. Post yours!

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  1. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    I think I have shown every Augustus I have on CT before. I may have shown this one but it is not a favorite and different from most shown above.
    Augustus and Livia AE19 Ephesis Conjoined heads / stag ΓPAMMA(TE)YΣ APIΣTIΩN (EΦE ΠPEΣBΩN) There are several different magistrates and some matching on acsearch. ex Frank Robinson, 1994
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  3. Spaniard

    Spaniard Well-Known Member

    Nice thread!
    This obverse intrigued me showing an overshadowed Augustus portrait...

    Phoenicia, Arados 2 B.C
    Aradus mint, year 258 (local Era) = 2/1 BC. 8,9 g - 20mm
    Obverse: Bust of Astarte-Europa right with smaller head of Augustus in front.
    Reverse: Humped bull galloping left, head facing, Phoenician letters beth (B), taw (TH), zayin (Z) & aleph (´) above, Aradian era date 258 (ΣNH) below.
    RPC I 4483.


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  4. akeady

    akeady Well-Known Member

    I've shown this before, many times, but it's my favourite Augustus portrait.
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    And favourite Augustus reverse, which isn't from the same coin as above:
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    Close-up, this doesn't look so nice, but it came out well here:
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    Happy Birthday!

    ATB,
    Aidan.
     
  5. cmezner

    cmezner do ut des Supporter

    Ephesian coins like @dougsmit's are one of my favorites. I think the conjoined heads of Augustus & Livia are somehow mysterious.

    I won one of a different magistrate at cng last year, have already shared it before, but I take this opportunity to share it again:D:

    Æ Chalkous, Provincia Asia, Ionia, Ephesus 27 BC - 14 AD
    21 mm, 8.034
    RPC I 2589; Karwiese 41, (Die Münzprägung von Ephesos, Vol. 5, 41);

    Ob.: Conjoined busts of Augustus, laureate, and Livia right
    Rev.: ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΥΣ / ΑΣΚΛΑΣ / Ε-ΦΕ / ΠΑΜΜΕΝΗΣ in four horizontal lines; stag standing, r.; above, quiver
    From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection (don't know who this is)

    Picture is from cng

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  6. Clavdivs

    Clavdivs Well-Known Member

  7. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    AUGUSTUS
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    RI Augustus 27 BCE-14CE AE As or Semis Spain Celsa Mint 29mm 5.0g Laureate Augustus - Bull RPC271 Cut in ancient times to make change


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    Augustus As four countermarks 25-23 mm 9.8g TICA AVG probably for Tiberius Augustus CE14-37 Dolphin


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    RI Augustus 27BC-AD14 Æ20 5.5g 12h Apameia Phrygia Magistrate Attalos c 15BC Two corn-ears above maeander pattern RPC I, 3125 SCARCE


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    Octavian as Augustus LEFT-Sinister 27 BC–14 AD Quinarius Emerita 25-23 AR 13.5mm 1.79g - P CARISI LEG Victory trophy C 387. RIC 1b SCARCE


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    RI Octavian as Augustus 25-23 BCE AR Quinarius RIGHT facing bust Emerita Augusta Sear 1642


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    RI Augustus oak crown Agrippa rostral crown L AE Dupondius 26mm 12.6g Type III 9-3 BCE Nemausus chained Croc wreaths RIC I 158


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    RI Augustus AR Denarius struck 2 BC-14 AD Caius and Lucius Caesars stdg shield spear S 1578 NGC4276216-007


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    RI Augustus Quinarius - possibly Asia Recepta - blank wore-off-rev
     
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  8. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    OCTAVIAN

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    RImp Marc Antony & Octavian AR Quinarius 1.58g Military Mint Gaul 39BCE Concordia r Hands clasped caduceus Cr-529-4b Sear 1575 Syd-1195


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    RImp Octavian 32-31 BCE AR Den Rome mint Bare CAESAR DIVI F Mercury lyre RIC 257 Sear 1550


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    RImp Octavian AR Quinarius 29-28 BCE Asia Recepta Victory Cista Snakes S 1568


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    RImp Antony-Octavian AR Denarius 41 BCE 3.65g 18.7mm Military mint Syria star Craw 528-2a Sear 1507


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    Imitating Octavian-M. Porcius Cato AR quinarius 13.89 mm 1.29g imitating Octavian r blundered legend - Victory seated r patera Cr 343-462
     
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  9. IMP Shogun

    IMP Shogun Well-Known Member

    Interesting perspective! I've found that throughout history famous leaders were described as succeeding in spite of sickness and such. I was thinking of Alfred the Great for some reason when I read what you wrote about him being sick for the battles. I wonder how different the world would be had the Senate ultimately won.

    Perhaps Rome would have been forgotten!

    Here is the only Augustus I haven't shared on this forum. It's worn but I like these types and photographs well for me. The legend on the Obverse is missing Augustus which I usually would pass on but I've been looking for different moneyers. I've ended up with a few coins from this collection:
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    The Julio-Claudian Dynasty Augustus 27 B.C.–14 A.D. as RIC I 382
    Piso -15 Roma
    bare head to right
    TRIBVNIC • POTEST [CAESAR AVGVSTVS]
    C N • PISO C • N • F • III • V[IR A A A F•F•] S•C Cn.
    Piso Cn. F, moneyer Legend around S•C
    From the Antonio Carmona Collection
    26.0mm 11.88g
     
  10. DonnaML

    DonnaML Well-Known Member

    Does anyone know why the Gaius-Lucius denarius seems to be, by far, the most commonly available of Augustus's coins?
     
  11. Clavdivs

    Clavdivs Well-Known Member

    Quoting Clare Rowan's "From Augustus to Caesar - Using Coins as Sources":

    In fact, the ONLY aurei and denarii produced between 8BC and 13AD were of this type, which were struck in extremely large quantities. Coins of this series are found not only within the borders of the Roman Empire, but in regions of Germany and as far north as Scandinavia; they are also one of the most common Roman coins found in India. The concentrated production of a single type over several years, focused on the young Caesars, indicates a concentrated effort by Augustus to place his heirs in the spotlight.
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    21 years of exclusive production.. which is odd as they continued to be produced long after they were both dead.
     
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  12. Marsyas Mike

    Marsyas Mike Well-Known Member

    Some lovely Augustus coins in the thread. Here are some not-so-lovely ones, but they are countermarked:

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    Countermark detail:

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    Augustus Æ 15 (Semis)
    (27 B.C.-14 A.D.)
    Macedonia, Philippi

    [A]VG, bare head right / Two priests plowing right with yoke of two oxen;
    RPC 1656 (Philippi); BMC 86-88 (Mysia. Parium);
    Countermark: TR monogram (Howgego 657).
    (5.69 grams / 15 mm)
    eBay Aug. 2018

    This one has four countermarks, adding to the ugly for sure:
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    Augustus Æ As / Dupondius
    Imperial Moneyer with Pannonia c/m
    (1st C. A.D.)

    AVGVSTVS [TRIB]VNIC [POTE]ST in three lines within oak wreath / [?]MSAN[?] around large SC.
    (Uncertain attribution; possible Balkan imitative)
    (7.16 grams / 25 mm)
    eBay Aug. 2019
    Countermarks:
    AVG, TICÆ obverse /P•P• and CAE reverse.
    M. Pangerl Collection
    75 (AVG),
    90 (TICÆ)
    81a (P.P.)
    77c (CAE)
     
  13. Clavdivs

    Clavdivs Well-Known Member

    Curious there is no response...
     
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  14. eparch

    eparch Well-Known Member

    I have shown most of my Augustus denarii before on CT, so here are some provincials from Spain instead. The skill of the celators is variable !

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    Spain, Caesaraugusta

    A / Head of the emperor laureate on the right, in front simpulum, behind lithium, legend AVGVSTVS.DIVI.F.
    R / Priest plowing with team of oxen to right, above CAESAR.AVG, below MAN.KANINIO.ITER.L.TITIO, in exergue II.VIR.
    FAB-332. ACIP 3046

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    SEGOBRIGA (Saelices, Cuenca). As. (Ae. 9,19g/27mm). 30-20 a.C. (FAB-2182). Anv: Cabeza masculina a derecha, detrás palma, delante delfín. Rev: Jinete con lanza a derecha, debajo leyenda: SEGOBRIGA. MBC.

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    LUCO AUGUSTI. Ace. Age of Augustus. 27 BC-14 AD Lugo.
    A / Bare head of Augustus left between palm and caduceus, IMP AVG DIVI F.
    R / Rodela front without border.
    FAB-1703. ACIP 3302

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    Augustus Ӕ As of Colonia Patricia, Spain. 27 BC - AD 14.
    PERM CAES AVG, bare head left / COLONIA PATRICIA within oak wreath.
    RPC I 129; ACIP 3357.
     
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  15. Sulla80

    Sulla80 Well-Known Member

    Many appealing coins of Augustus in this thread. Augustus clearly was good at marketing: advertising himself as son of Caesar, painting Mark Antony as traitor under the influence of Cleopatra, and establishing a unifying story of all powerful Rome, even managing a transition to Empire while maintaining some illusion of Republic. He rebuilt Carthage as a monument to Rome's greatness.
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    Africa Proconsularis, Carthage, Augustus (27 BC-14 AD), AE 22.3mm, 5.53g
    Obv: IMP C D F A P M P P, bare head right
    Rev: P I SP D V SP IIVIR C I C, PP / DD in two lines
    Ref: RPC I 745; SNG Copenhagen 419
    Notes: Caesar's Dream
     
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  16. Great thread and great coins. One of the biographers stated along the lines of that 'he skulked in his tent' while the great battles raged. His worst crime perhaps was his assent to Cicero's proscription. Later, (I forget the reference) he caught his two nephews reading a scroll and when he came up on them they tried to hide it, and then he asked them what it was: it was Cicero! He then told them: "Yes, he was a Great Roman". Another of his famous quotes from this same source: "I would rather be one of Herod's pigs than one of his sons." Yet his long life set the foundation for the empire after many, many long years of civil strife. I have a specimen of the provincial Reverse of 'two oxen plowing', slightly off center. (I hope it is genuine). The obverse portrait of Augustus however is pretty badly deteriorated but is a favorite.
     
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  17. Sulla80

    Sulla80 Well-Known Member

    Melius est Herodis porcum esse quam filium.
    -Macrobius Book II 4.11
     
  18. Cucumbor

    Cucumbor Well-Known Member

    A few more we have yet to see in this thread :

    As Octavian :

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    Denarius minted in Italy, 42 BCE
    LEPIDVS PONT MAX III V R P C, bare head of Lepidus right (NT and MA in monograms)
    C CAESAR IMPIII VIR R P C, bare head of Octavian right (MP in monogram)
    3.78 gr
    Ref : HCRI # 140, RCV # 1523, Cohen # 2


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    Dupondius ?, minted in Italy 38 BCE
    DIVI F, bare head of Octavian right
    DIVOS IVLIVS, in a laurel wreath
    27.07 gr
    Ref : HCRI # 309, RCV # 1570


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    JULIUS CAESAR and OCTAVIAN – Halved dupondius, Vienna (Gaul), ca. 36 BCE
    [•IM]P• [DIVI•IVL•CAE]SAR•DIVI•F bare headed portraits [of Julius Caesar to left] and Octavian to right
    C•[I•V] Prow of galley to right, surmounted by superstructure and mast (CIV for Colonia Ivlia Viennensis)
    31,5 mm – 9,96 gr
    Ref : RPC # 517

    And an attempt to explaining them here


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    Italian mint, possibly Rome, 31-30 BCE
    Anepigraph, bare head of Octavian left
    CAESAR - DIVI F, Victory standing right on globe, holding wreath
    3.84 gr
    Ref : HCRI # 408, RCV # 1552v, Cohen # 66, RIC # 255


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    Arausio mint (Orange), 30-29 BCE (Colonia Firma Julia Secundanorum Arausio)
    IMP DIVI F (IMPerator DIVI Filii), bare heads of Augustus (right) and Agrippa (left), back to back
    Prow of galley right, ram's head (?) enclosed in a medaillion above
    17.61 gr - 28 mm.
    Ref : RPC # 533
    Ex. CNG e-auction #181/28, from the Patrick Villemur collection

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  19. Cucumbor

    Cucumbor Well-Known Member

    As Augustus :


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    Colonia Patricia mint ? ca. 19-18 BCE
    CAESARI AVGVSTO, laureate head right
    SP - QR on either side of a domed terastyle temple, in which is a chariot with aquila.
    3,66 gr
    Ref : RSC # 279, RIC # 119



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    As struck 7 BCE
    CAESAR AVGVST PONT MAX TRBUNIC POT, Bare head of Augustus left
    M SALVIVS OTHO III VIR AAA FF, around SC
    11.18 gr
    Ref : RCV # 1685 var, Cohen # 516


    And to finish with, Pothumous :

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    As minted under the reign of Tiberius
    DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER, Radiate head of Augustus left
    PROVIDENT, Altar, S C in field
    11.02 gr
    Ref : Cohen #228, RCV #1789, RIC I # 81

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  20. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    LOL, I was was gonna respond to @DonnaML as:

    “They made a bunch of them.”

    But, your answer was good. :)
    (Rather, it was a great answer.)
     
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  21. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    You nailed it. He was a great Marketer. He let others truly execute his plans.
     
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