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Denarius - Augustus CAESARI AVGVSTO
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 18 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the toga picta draped over the tunica palmata, rendered as a folded ceremonial garment, flanked to the left by a legionary aquila (eagle standard) on a staff and to the right by a laurel wreath. The composition is strongly emblematic, celebrating Augustan military and civic honors rather than depicting a portrait. The legend is divided across the upper and lower field, reading S P Q R PAREN CONS SVO in bold Latin capitals, proclaiming the Senate and Roman People's dedication to their protective parent. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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This issue dates to the period immediately following Augustus's return from the eastern provinces in 19 BC, when the Senate voted him a triumphal arch and a series of honorific privileges he conspicuously declined. The RIC I 98 type is associated with the Spanish mints — most likely Colonia Patricia — which Augustus deployed heavily during this decade to pay troops and finance the ongoing Cantabrian campaigns. Rome's own mint was largely dormant for silver at this point.
The Spanish workshop attribution remains debated among specialists, with some preferring a traveling military mint hypothesis.