Bare head of Augustus facing right on obverse. Mars standing left on reverse, holding vexillum and parazonium.

Augustus, born Gaius Octavius and the adopted heir of Julius Caesar, became Rome's first emperor in 27 BC and at this date held a settled supremacy following his Spanish campaigns of the 20s.

Mars, the Roman god of war, appears here in a martial guise appropriate to a coinage struck during or shortly after Augustus's pacification of the Iberian peninsula.

Areas of roughness, a few marks, traces of deposits, hairline flan crack

Toned, granular surfaces, edge chipped in places, revealing crystallization.

Toned with bankers' marks on obverse and some shallow cleaning marks under tone.

Areas of roughness, a few marks, traces of deposits, hairline flan crack.

Toned with a few bankers' marks, scuff on obverse, and some shallow scratches under tone.


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Denarius of AugustusRIC I 150a

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