Bare head of Augustus right on obverse. Reverse shows a bull butting right with left forefoot raised and lashing his tail

Augustus, born Gaius Octavius and grandnephew of Julius Caesar, had by 15 BC consolidated the powers that transformed the Republic into the Principate, ruling as Rome's first emperor under a careful fiction of restored constitutional order.

The butting bull is a type long associated with the colony of Lugdunum itself, founded in 43 BC and by this date the principal mint of the western empire, though the image also evokes the fertility and martial vigor of Augustan peace.

Reverse legend: IMP • X, expanding to *Imperator decimum*, "Imperator for the tenth time," recording the tenth acclamation Augustus had received from his troops following a military victory, a count used here as a dating device for the issue.

Scratches and banker's mark present on surfaces.

Banker's mark on obverse, light marks, hairlines

Lightly toned, some pitting, slightly granular surfaces, shallow graffiti on reverse

Well-struck with excellent detail. Surface shows scratches and wear consistent with the 2/5 surface rating.

Lustrous with light peripheral toning on obverse

Deeply toned with a few minor marks under tone.

Lightly toned with some roughness. Banker's mark on obverse.

Areas of attractive iridescent toning, a few tiny marks, thin edge test cut.

Toned with hairline flan crack. Well struck.

Colorful iridescent toning, traces of die rust on obverse

Toned with banker's mark on obverse, minor marks and deposits

Toned with numerous scratches visible under the tone.

Iridescent tone, banker's mark, a few light scratches

Lightly toned with roughness, scratches, and areas of smoothing.

Attractive iridescent tone, minor granularity

Deep iridescent toning, some faint hairlines under tone, flan crack

Porosity, flan crack, scratches and scrapes.

Toned with minor porosity and light scratch on obverse

Iridescent tone with a few light scratches

Lightly toned, some roughness, a few scratches

Toned with faint porosity, banker's mark, and scratch on bull

Lightly toned, minor scratches, banker's mark on obverse

Toned, smoothing in obverse field, minor marks, edge smoothed

Toned with scratches and some roughness. Flan flaw and attempted piercing on reverse.

Iridescent tone, shallow cleaning scratches under tone, traces of deposits

Iridescent tone, some porosity, banker's mark on either side

Pleasant toning with good strike. Small crescent shaped banker's mark on Augustus' neck just behind his ear.

Small scratch behind head, small edge chip, nicely toned.


2/25/26	$360	O	Stack's Bowers	▼ −50%
4/16/25	$325	VF	CNG	▼ −50%
2/5/25	$750	VF	CNG	▲ +15%
1/23/25	$450	VF	CNG	▼ −31%
1/20/25	$1,020	XF	Stack's Bowers	▼ −49%

Denarius of AugustusRIC I 167a

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