Obverse
AVGVSTVS
* AVGVSTVS, "the revered one," the cognomen voted to Octavian by the Senate in 27 B.C. to set him apart from ordinary magistrates.
Reverse legend: CAESAR DIVI F ARMEN CAPTA IMP VIIII, expanding to Caesar Divi Filius, Armenia Capta, Imperator VIIII, "Caesar, son of the Deified, Armenia captured, hailed Imperator for the ninth time." Divi F(ilius)* refers to his adoptive father Julius Caesar, deified in 42 B.C., and the imperatorial acclamations were tallied for victories won under his auspices.
Reverse
CAESAR - DIVI F / ARMEN - CAPTA / IMP - VIIII
* CAESAR DIVI F ARMEN CAPTA IMP VIIII, expanding to Caesar Divi Filius, Armenia Capta, Imperator VIIII, "Caesar, son of the Deified, Armenia captured, hailed Imperator for the ninth time." Divi F(ilius)* refers to his adoptive father Julius Caesar, deified in 42 B.C., and the imperatorial acclamations were tallied for victories won under his auspices.