As - Augustus ROM ET AVG, altar of Gauls

Issuer Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year 10 BC - 6 BC
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1 As = 1⁄16 Denarii
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 9.98 g
Diameter 24.88 mm
Thickness
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) RIC I#230, OCRE#ric.1(2).aug.230
Obverse description Head of Augustus, right, laureate.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering CAESAR PONT MAX
(Translation: Caesar Pontifex Maximus. Caesar, high priest.)
Reverse description Altar of the three Gauls in Lugdunum, flanked by Victory holding wreath on column on each side, front decorated with corona civica flanked by nude male on each side.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering ROM ET AVG
(Translation: Romae et Augusto. To Rome and the emperor (Augustus).)
Edge
Mint
Mintage ND (10 BC - 6 BC) - -
Numisquare ID 2651886800
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