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Denarius - Augustus OB CIVIS SERVATOS
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 19 BC - 18 BC |
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| Reference(s) | RIC I#40B, OCRE#ric.1(2).aug.40B |
| Obverse description | Bare head of Augustus facing left, rendered in fine portrait style with carefully detailed hair swept across the forehead in characteristic Augustan fashion. The legend CAESAR AVGVSTVS is inscribed in the field around the portrait, divided to either side of the effigy. The portrait exhibits the idealized yet individualized features associated with official Augustan coinage, including a strong jaw, straight nose, and naturalistic hair treatment. A beaded border encircles the design. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The "OB CIVIS SERVATOS" oak wreath reverse refers to the corona civica, Rome's second-highest military decoration, awarded for saving the life of a citizen in battle. The Senate granted Augustus a permanent golden version in 27 BC as part of the constitutional settlement that nominally restored the Republic — a calculated political gesture that let him accumulate extraordinary power while maintaining the fiction of traditional governance. This issue, struck at a traveling mint likely in Spain, coincides with Augustus's campaigns against the Cantabrians and his reorganization of the western provinces.