Roman Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 3342 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday 26 March) Roman Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $600
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SOLD $700
AUGUSTUS, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), silver denarius, Lyons mint, issued 2 B.C. - A.D. 4 and later, (3.8675 g), obv. laureate head of Augustus to right, CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE around, rev. Caius and Lucius Caesars standing facing, shields and spears between them, above on left simpulum to right, and on the right a lituus to left, in exergue [C L] CAESARES, around traces of AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT, (S.1597, RIC 207, RSC 43, BMC 519). Bright, extremely fine and scarce.
In 2 B.C. Augustus received the title "Pater Patriae", an honour which particularly pleased him (Res Gestae, Divi Augusti 35). The reverse of this coin clearly represents Gaius and Lucius, his adopted sons, as heirs to the throne. They appear wearing the "toga virilis" and the spears and shields presented to them by the officers. The lituus and simpulum refer to the priesthoods (pontificate and augurate) which Augustus conferred upon them. Despite the death of Lucius in A.D. 2 and Gaius two years later, the reverse type continued to be struck until the end of Augustus' reign.
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