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Denarius - Augustus TVRPILIANVS IIIVIR
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 19 BC - 4 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | CAESAR AVGVSTVS (Translation: Caesar Augustus.) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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This denarius belongs to the series issued under the moneyer P. Petronius Turpilianus, one of the tresviri monetales — junior magistrates responsible for coinage production under Augustus. The office was ancient in origin but increasingly ceremonial by this period; Augustus had effectively centralized monetary policy, and the moneyers' names appearing on coins were as much a nod to Republican tradition as they were a reflection of actual administrative authority.
The TVRPILIANVS issues fall within a phase when Augustan monetary reform was still consolidating after the chaos of the civil war decades.