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Aureus - Augustus IMP XIIII
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 9 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare-necked, laureate bust of Augustus facing right, rendered in fine high relief with carefully detailed laurel wreath set atop wavy hair. The portrait displays the idealized Classical style characteristic of Augustan court coinage, with sharp facial features and a slight drape visible at the truncation. The circular Latin legend reads AVGVSTVS DIVI F, distributed around the bust within a beaded border. The flan is slightly irregular, as is typical of hand-struck aurei of this period. |
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| Obverse lettering | AVGVSTVS DIVI F (Translation: Augustus, son of the divine) |
| Reverse description | Augustus, togate, is depicted seated left on a raised tribunal or platform, extending his right hand to receive a small child presented by a standing barbarian figure before him, the scene commemorating the diplomatic return of Roman standards or hostages. The composition conveys the submission of foreign peoples to Roman authority, a common propagandistic theme of the Augustan era. The reverse legend IMP XIIII appears in the field, referencing Augustus's fourteenth imperatorial acclamation. The figures are rendered in the restrained, classical style characteristic of the Lugdunum mint's output during this period. |
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