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Aureus - Augustus and Gaius Caesar C CAES AVGVS F
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 9 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (-9) |
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Struck around 9 BC, this aureus belongs to a series Augustus used deliberately to promote Gaius Caesar as his designated heir — part of a sustained dynastic messaging campaign following the deaths of Marcellus and Agrippa that left the succession dangerously unsettled. Gaius, still a child at the time, had been adopted directly by Augustus in 17 BC alongside his brother Lucius, an unusual step that elevated both boys to the rank of principes iuventutis.
The RIC I 198 variety attribution signals a die distinction within a closely related group — worth cross-referencing against Sutherland's classifications, as several obverse die pairings in this series remain incompletely resolved. Gaius died in AD 4 at Limyra in Lycia, predeceasing Augustus by a decade.