Dupondius C GALLIVS C F LVPERCVS IIIVIR A A A F F S C

This dupondius belongs to a series issued under the authority of the tresviri monetales — junior magistrates appointed to oversee the mint — whose names appear prominently on the coinage as part of Augustus's careful reconstruction of Republican monetary forms after Actium. C. Gallius Lupercus held this post around 16 BC, one of three such officials active that year. The prominent S·C on the bronze coinage of this period reflects a deliberate constitutional fiction: the Senate nominally controlled the aes coinage while Augustus retained authority over gold and silver, a division that papered over the realities of autocratic rule.