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Quinarius Aureus - Augustus TR POT XXVIIII, Victory
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 6-7 |
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| Weight | 3.8 g |
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| Obverse lettering | AVGVSTVS DIVI F (Translation: Augustus Divi Filii. Augustus, son of the divine.) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The quinarius aureus — half the weight of a standard aureus — was struck only sporadically under Augustus, and issues from this late tribunician period are among the rarer denominational survivals of his reign. By the time TR POT XXVIIII was in use, Augustus was in his late sixties, his succession arrangements had already seen the deaths of Gaius and Lucius Caesar, and Tiberius had been recalled from Rhodes and was being positioned as heir. Whether the half-aureus denomination served a specific payment function or was produced for donativa is not conclusively settled.