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Denarius - Augustus IMP X
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 15 BC - 13 BC |
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| Reference(s) | RIC I#169, OCRE#ric.1(2).aug.169 |
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| Obverse lettering | AVGVSTVS DIVI F (Translation: Augustus Divi Filii. Augustus, son of the divine.) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The IMP X tribunician dating places this denarius in the years immediately following Augustus's reorganization of the Spanish frontier provinces, a period when the Lugdunum mint — almost certainly the source of this issue — was operating at high capacity to pay the legions stationed along the Rhine and in Hispania. Military payroll, not civic circulation, drove production.
RIC I 169 is among the more frequently encountered Augustan denarius types from Lugdunum, suggesting sustained output rather than a single short run.