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Denarius - Augustus CAESAR DIVI F ARMEN RECE IMP VIIII
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 19 BC - 18 BC |
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| Weight | 3.7 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Augustus facing right, rendered in fine portraiture with naturalistic hair styled in short, layered locks swept forward over the brow in the Augustan manner. The effigy is youthful and idealized, presented without legend on the obverse, the portrait occupying the full field within a plain border. The strong jawline, aquiline nose, and confident profile reflect the official imperial image established early in Augustus's reign. The coin is struck on a broad, slightly irregular flan characteristic of late 1st-century BC Roman silver coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Standing figure of a personification of Armenia, facing the viewer frontally, depicted in Eastern dress. The figure holds a spear upright in the right hand and rests a bow-case (gorytus) on the ground with the left hand, emblematic of the subjugated eastern kingdom's martial identity. The composition is set within a plain field, with the encircling legend recording Augustus's Imperator acclamation and his recovery of Armenia. The reverse type commemorates the diplomatic triumph of 20 BC by which Augustus secured the return of Armenia and the Parthian standards without open warfare. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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