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Denarius - Augustus AVGVSTVS
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 18 BC - 17 BC |
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| Reference(s) | RIC I#130, OCRE#ric.1(2).aug.130 |
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| Reverse lettering | AVGVSTVS (Translation: Augustus.) |
| Edge | Plain |
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This issue dates to a pivotal administrative moment: Augustus had just returned from settling affairs in Gaul and Spain, and the Senate voted him a second set of constitutional powers in 18 BC, effectively renewing the settlement first established in 27 BC. The mint was operating under direct imperial oversight rather than through the traditional senatorial moneyers, a shift that was still being consolidated during precisely these years.
RIC I 130 falls within a notoriously complex emission sequence, and die-link studies by scholars including Sutherland have demonstrated that output during 18–17 BC was exceptionally high — likely connected to Augustus's military donatives and the costs of his social legislation program, including the leges Iuliae.