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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 2622166, member: 75937"]On January 16, 27 BC, the Senate granted Octavian the title Augustus, thus beginning the Roman Empire.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your coins of Augustus!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]575536[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman AR Denarius</p><p>Lugdunum (Lyon) mint,15-13 BC.</p><p>3.42 gm; 17.8 mm</p><p>Obv: AVGVSTVS DIVI F, bare head right</p><p>Rev: IMP X, Apollo Citharoedus of Actium, wearing long drapery, standing facing, head left, holding plectrum in right hand and lyre in left.</p><p>Refs: RIC 171a; BMCRE 461; Sear 1611; Cohen 144</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]575537[/ATTACH]</p><p>AUGUSTUS AND LIVIA</p><p>Roman provincial AE 31</p><p>Spain, Hispalis, Colonia Romula, AD 14-29</p><p>21.48 g, 31 mm</p><p>Obv: PERM DIVI AVG COL ROM, radiate head of Augustus r.; thunderbolt before, star above.</p><p>Rev: IVLIA AVGVSTA GENETRIX ORBIS, head of Livia, l.; globe beneath, crescent above.</p><p>Refs: RPC-73; SGI-189; Heiss 393, 2; Cohen 169, 3; Alvarez-Burgos 1587; Lindgren II 69; SNG Tubingen 118; SNG Copenhagen 423.13.35[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 2622166, member: 75937"]On January 16, 27 BC, the Senate granted Octavian the title Augustus, thus beginning the Roman Empire. Post your coins of Augustus! [ATTACH=full]575536[/ATTACH] Roman AR Denarius Lugdunum (Lyon) mint,15-13 BC. 3.42 gm; 17.8 mm Obv: AVGVSTVS DIVI F, bare head right Rev: IMP X, Apollo Citharoedus of Actium, wearing long drapery, standing facing, head left, holding plectrum in right hand and lyre in left. Refs: RIC 171a; BMCRE 461; Sear 1611; Cohen 144 [ATTACH=full]575537[/ATTACH] AUGUSTUS AND LIVIA Roman provincial AE 31 Spain, Hispalis, Colonia Romula, AD 14-29 21.48 g, 31 mm Obv: PERM DIVI AVG COL ROM, radiate head of Augustus r.; thunderbolt before, star above. Rev: IVLIA AVGVSTA GENETRIX ORBIS, head of Livia, l.; globe beneath, crescent above. Refs: RPC-73; SGI-189; Heiss 393, 2; Cohen 169, 3; Alvarez-Burgos 1587; Lindgren II 69; SNG Tubingen 118; SNG Copenhagen 423.13.35[/QUOTE]
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