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coin
Object Type
coin
Museum number
1907,0501.143
Denomination
aureus
Description
Gold coin.
(whole)
Head of Augustus, bare, left.
(obverse)
Augustus, seated left on a stool on platform on right, holding out right hand; before him stand two soldiers, each carrying parazonium and offering olive branch with right hand.
(reverse)
State
Associated with:
Roman Empire
Ancient Greece and Rome: Roman Empire
Authority
Ruler:
Augustus (Octavian)
Cultures/periods
Roman Imperial
Production date
15BC-13BC
Production place
Minted in:
Lyon
Materials
gold
Dimensions
Weight:
7.90 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
The figures with triumphal branches are Tiberius and Nero Drusus who conquered Rhaetia in 15 BC.
Bibliographic references
RE1 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol. 1: Augustus to Vitellius
(447, p.77)
PCR / Principal coins of the Romans: Volume I: The Republic c. 290 - 31 BC; Volume II: The Principate 31 BC - AD 296; Volume III: The Dominate AD 294 - 498.
(350)
RIC1 / The Roman Imperial Coinage, vol. 1
(164b, p.52)
RR2 / Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum, vol. 2. Coinages of Rome (continued), Roman Campania, Italy, the social war, and the provinces.
(159, p.428)
Location
On display
(G70/dc15/p2/no1)
Subjects
emperor/empress
ceremony/ritual
soldier
Associated names
Named in inscription & portrayed:
Augustus (Octavian)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Carlo Strozzi
Purchased through:
Ernest John Seltman
Acquisition date
1907
Acquisition notes
lot 1793
Department
Coins and Medals
Registration number
1907,0501.143
C&M catalogue number
RE1
(77)
(447)
RR2
(428)
(159)
Conservation
Treatment
: 02 Aug 1990