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Denarius - Augustus L LENTVLVS FLAMEN MARTIALIS, Victory
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 12 BC |
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| Reference(s) | RIC I#415, OCRE#ric.1(2).aug.415 |
| Obverse description | Bare head of Augustus facing right, rendered in fine portrait style with naturalistic facial features, short layered hair combed forward, and a slightly idealized yet individualistic likeness. The legend AVGVSTVS runs along the right field in crisp Latin capitals. The flan exhibits the characteristic irregular roundness of hand-struck Roman silver coinage of the Augustan period. |
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| Reverse description | Augustus, laureate and togate, standing right, resting his left hand on a large shield inscribed CV (Clipeus Virtutis), while extending his right hand to place a star upon a second figure — likely a deity or personification — who holds a spear and a Victory on a globe. The composition alludes to Augustan dynastic ideology and divine favor. The legend L LENTVLVS FLAMEN MARTIALIS, naming the moneyer Lucius Cornelius Lentulus in his role as Flamen Martialis (high priest of Mars), is distributed around the field. |
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Issued in 12 BC, the year Augustus assumed the office of Pontifex Maximus following the death of Lepidus, this denarius was struck under the moneyer L. Cornelius Lentulus, who held the priestly title Flamen Martialis — priest of Mars. The Flamines were among Rome's oldest religious offices, and their appearance in moneyer titulature during the Augustan period reflects the regime's calculated fusion of military, religious, and civic authority into a single ideological program.