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Denarius - Augustus IMP XII SICIL, Diana
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 11 BC - 10 BC |
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| Value | 1 Denarius |
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| Obverse description | Bare laureate head of Augustus facing right, rendered with fine engraving characteristic of the Augustan period. The portrait displays a strong, idealized profile with carefully detailed laurel wreath. The legend encircles the effigy from left to right within the coin's field, and the flan displays the slightly irregular shape typical of hammered Roman silver coinage of this era. |
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| Reverse lettering | IMP XII SICIL (Translation: Imperator Duodecimus, Sicilia. Supreme commander (Imperator) for the twelfth time. Sicily.) |
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The IMP XII tribunician dating places this issue firmly in the period following Augustus's Cantabrian campaigns, when the reorganization of the Spanish mints was reshaping Roman coin production. The SICIL designation has prompted scholarly debate — it likely refers to a Sicilian mint attribution, though this reading remains contested and some authorities prefer a workshop or officina interpretation within the Lugdunum complex.
RIC 197A is among the scarcer die pairings in the Augustan silver sequence.