Sestertius - Augustus ROM ET AVG; altar of Gauls
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Augustus (Caius Octavius) (27 BC - 14 AD)
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| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 9-14 |
| Value | 1 Sestertius = ¼ Denarius |
| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 23.3 g |
| Diameter | 33.5 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 247693 |
| References | RIC I# 231A Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland, Robert Andrew Glendinning Carson; 1984. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 1. Augustus – Vitellius (31 BC–AD 69) (1923 revised Edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) , BMC RE# 565British Museum (publisher). Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (6 volumes). , BN Roman Empire# 1695-1706 Bibliothèque nationale de France (publisher). Catalogue des monnaies de l'Empire romain. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (5 volumes).Jean-Baptiste Giard, Pierre Bastien; 1983. Le monnayage de l'atelier de Lyon / Des origines au règne de Caligula (43 avant J.C. - 41 après J. C.). Éditions Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, Belgium. , Kent & Hirmer# 149 John P. C. Kent, Bernhard H. Overbeck, Armin U. Stylow, Max Hirmer, Albert Hirmer; 1973. Die Römische Münze = The Roman Coin. Hirmer, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Description historique des monnaies frappées sous l'Empire Romain. Paris, France (13 volumes). |
Obverse
Head of Augustus, right, laureate.
Script: Latin
Lettering: CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE
Unabridged legend: Caesar Augustus Divi Filius Pater Patriae
Translation: Caesar Augustus, son of the divine, father of the nation
Reverse
Altar of the three Gauls in Lugdunum, flanked by Victory holding wreath on column on each side, front decorated with corona civica flanked by nude male on each side.
Script: Latin
Lettering: ROM ET AVG
Unabridged legend: Romae et Augusto
Translation: To Rome and the emperor (Augustus)
Mint
Lugdunum, Gaul, modern-day Lyons, France (15 BC–AD 78; 196–197; 274-413)See also
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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$ 6900 | $ 16 000 | ||||||||||||
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