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coin; forgery(ancient)

Object Type: coin; forgery (ancient)
Museum number: R.377
Denomination: denarius
Description: Silver coin; ancient forgery, pierced. (whole); Head of Augustus, bare, right. (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
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 15BC-13BC
Production place: Minted in: Lugdunum
Materials
Technique: pierced; plated
Dimensions: Die-axis: 7 o'clock; Weight: 2.81 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: The two soldiers standing with branches may represent Tiberius and his brother Nero Claudius Drusus. The two generals brought peace (represented by olive-branches) to Augustus on the Danube and Rhine frontiers.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; royal/imperial
Associated names
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: R.377