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Denarius - Augustus IMP XII ACT, Apollo
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 11 BC - 10 BC |
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| Weight | 3.6 g |
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| Obverse lettering | AVGVSTVS DIVI F (Translation: Augustus Divi Filii. Augustus, son of the divine.) |
| Reverse description | Apollo standing left in full figure, holding a plectrum in his extended right hand and a kithara (lyre) in his left hand, referencing Augustus's devotion to Apollo as his divine patron following the Battle of Actium. The reverse legend IMP XII ACT arcs around the field, commemorating Augustus's twelfth imperatorial acclamation and the victory at Actium. The composition is rendered in a spare, classical style with the deity's figure occupying the central field. The design reflects the strong Apolline propaganda central to Augustan religious and political ideology. |
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Augustus held the title IMP XII between 11 and 10 BC, a dating bracket confirmed through his accession to tribunician powers and the sequence of his imperatorial salutations. The Apollo reverse on this issue carries pointed political weight: Augustus had claimed Apollo as his personal divine patron since at least Actium in 31 BC, and the Temple of Apollo Palatinus, vowed after that victory and dedicated in 28 BC, stood directly adjacent to his house on the Palatine Hill — an architectural statement that collapsed the distance between the emperor and the god entirely.