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ID number: BIRBI-R0891 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Augustus; Gaius Caesar; Lucius Caesar; Lugdunum Denomination: Denarius Place made: Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: 7-6 BC Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 3.79 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines, 1150. Cuzzi Sale, Milan, 1929. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Augustus, wearing laurel wreath, facing r. Reverse: Gaius and Lucius Caesar standing facing front, each togate and resting hand on shield; behind each shield, a spear; above on l. simpulum facing l., and on r. lituus facing l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DIVI F PATEoo … ccΛR ΛVCVSTVS(Divine Son, Father of the Fatherland, Caesar Augustus). Reverse: oRINCIVVENT (Sons of Augustus, Consuls Elect, Princes of Youth). In Exergue: CLCΛESRΛ (Gaius and Lucius Caesar)
Bibliography: RIC I 2nd ed. 207
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