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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 7776896, member: 115909&quot;]I was watching a video that</p><p>[USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] shared with me about the debasement of the denarius from the medium sized high purity coins of the Late Republic to the tiny copper coins with a silver wash by the time of Gallienus.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the coins he showed as an example of an earlier denarius of good size &amp; high purity was this Augustus denarius.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1334040[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I don’t know why but I find that denarius to be one of the most beautiful I’ve ever seen. There’s just something about it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The way the entire circle around the portrait is still there and it’s just a clean bust of Augustus with no titles or praises of himself.</p><p><br /></p><p>He knew that everyone knew who he was and what he did without needing to remind them on coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway how much does an Augustus like that cost? Where would I find one?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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