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Denarius - Augustus and Julius Caesar M SANQVINIVS IIIVIR
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 17 BC |
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| Diameter | 19.5 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Rome |
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Issued by the moneyer M. Sanquinius, one of three tresviri monetales appointed that year, this denarius falls within the Secular Games coinage of 17 BC — a politically orchestrated series Augustus commissioned to mark the dawn of a new age for Rome. The ludi saeculares of that year, the first celebrated in over a century, were stage-managed by Augustus with meticulous care, and the mint output reflected that propaganda campaign directly.
The pairing of Augustus with the deified Julius Caesar on this issue was not sentiment — it was a legitimacy argument struck in silver and put into circulation across the empire.