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Aureus - Augustus DIVI F AVG PONT; Victory

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Augustus (Caius Octavius) (27 BC - 14 AD)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 31 BC - 29 BC
Value 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Gold
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
248079
References RIC I# 533
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.
, OCRE# ric.1(2).aug.533
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Open right hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAESARI SCARPVS IMP

Translation:
Imperator Caesari Scarpus Imperator.
Supreme commander (Imperator) Caesar. [Lucius Pinarius] Scarpus. Supreme commander (Imperator).

Reverse

Victory standing right on globe, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: DIVI F AVG PONT

Translation:
Divi Filii, Augustus, Pontifex.
Son of the divine, Augustus, priest.

Mint

Cyrene, Cyrenaica, Libya

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (31 BC - 29 BC) 

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