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Æ21 - Augustus Damascus
| Issuer | Damascus |
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| Year | 30 BC - 29 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Augustus facing right, rendered in the idealized Hellenistic portrait style characteristic of early Augustan provincial coinage. The effigy displays the emperor's distinctive features with a slightly elongated neck, the portrait occupying the central field of the flan. The field is otherwise plain, with no encircling legend. The flan shows the irregular edges typical of hammered provincial bronze issues of this period. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Damascus came under direct Roman administration following Pompey's eastern campaigns, but the city retained the right to strike its own bronze coinage — a privilege that reflected its commercial importance as a major caravan hub. This issue, struck right at the moment Octavian was consolidating power after Actium, predates the formal assumption of the title Augustus in 27 BC. The dating to 30–29 BC places production within months of Cleopatra's death and Rome's absorption of Egypt, a period of rapid provincial reorganization across the entire eastern Mediterranean.