Cistophorus - Augustus AVGVSTVS
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Augustus (Caius Octavius) (27 BC - 14 AD)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 27 BC - 26 BC |
| Value | Cistophorus = 3 Drachms = 3 Denarii |
| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 11.8 g |
| Diameter | 25.5 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 247971 |
| References | RIC I# 487 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/) |
Obverse
Head of Augustus, bare, right; front, lituus.
Script: Latin
Lettering: IMP CAESAR
Translation:
Imperator Caesar.
Supreme commander (Imperator) and Caesar.
Reverse
Sphinx seated right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: AVGVSTVS
Translation: Augustus.
Mint
Pergamum, Mysia, modern-day Bergama, TurkeyComments
Mass varies: 11.55–12.13 g;
Diameter varies: 25–25.5 mm;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
Diameter varies: 25–25.5 mm;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (27 BC - 26 BC) | |||||||||||||||
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