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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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| Value | 1 Denarius |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Augustus facing right, rendered in the idealised Classical style characteristic of Augustan court portraiture, with finely detailed layered hair swept forward over the brow. The legend AVGVSTVS DIVI F is arranged around the periphery of the field, reading from left to right. The portrait is rendered with understated realism, the neck truncation plain and unadorned. The die work is of high quality, consistent with the official Roman imperial mint production of the Augustan period. |
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| Obverse lettering | AVGVSTVS DIVI F (Translation: Augustus Divi Filii. Augustus, son of the divine.) |
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The IMP X tribunician dating places this denarius squarely within Augustus's aggressive reorganization of the western provinces — the same years Drusus and Tiberius were conducting campaigns deep into Alpine and Raetian territory. The imperatorial salutation itself was likely earned through these proxy victories, as Augustus had not personally commanded troops in the field for years by this point.
RIC I 162A is a Lyon (Lugdunum) issue, struck at a mint Augustus established specifically to pay his Rhine legions without routing bullion through Rome.