Obverse: Laureate head of Augustus right. Reverse: Caius and Lucius Caesars standing facing with two shields and two spears between them; simpulum above on left and lituus above on right.

Augustus, the first Roman emperor, ruled from 27 BC to AD 14 and used his coinage to advertise the dynastic succession he had carefully arranged.

Gaius and Lucius Caesars were the emperor's grandsons by his daughter Julia, adopted by Augustus in 17 BC and groomed as his heirs, but both died young, Lucius in AD 2 and Gaius in AD 4, forcing Augustus to turn to Tiberius; the priestly implements between them, a *simpulum* and *lituus*, mark their appointments to the colleges of pontiffs and augurs.

Extremely vibrant and dazzling with pleasing strike across a somewhat compact flan.

Light dusty gray tone with underlying luster in protected areas. Fairly well-centered with sharp detail throughout.

Toned surface with moderate wear. Banker's mark present.

Deep slightly iridescent tone, small flan flaw on reverse

Toned surfaces with granular texture and minor marks

Lustrous surfaces with minimal wear. Well-struck with sharp details.

Attractive iridescent tone with a few minor die breaks

Toned with cleaning scratches, porosity, and roughness.

Solid strike with fully readable legends.

Toned with scratches visible under the tone, some porosity, and deposits present.

Toned with a scratch on the obverse and an edge mark.

Toned with banker's mark on obverse, shallow scrapes on obverse, deposits on reverse.

Toned with scratches and marks under tone, edge marks and filing

Well-preserved surfaces with minimal wear.

Lightly toned, granular surfaces, flan flaw on obverse, a few scratches

Toned surface with marks, scratches, and bankers' marks on reverse.

Toned with find patina and rough surfaces

Lightly toned, some find patina, marks, deposits

Toned with deposits, some horn silver, some marks

Toned, slightly granular surfaces, minor marks

Attractive cabinet toning with iridescence, minor marks under tone.

Toned, slightly granular surfaces, hairlines, struck off center

Iridescent toning, porosity, minor roughness, some deposits, scratches, minor marks.

Lightly toned with minor flan flaws and an edge mark.

Toned, slightly granular surfaces, a pair of scratches on reverse.

Deeply toned with a few scratches visible under the tone.

Toned with die break on obverse, pitting, scrape at edge on reverse, and shallow cleaning scratches.

Toned, granular surfaces, scrape and a few scratches on reverse, traces of earthen deposits, slight bend in flan

Brushed surfaces with moderate wear consistent with the grade.

Moderate wear with weak strike and surface wear consistent with the grade.

Darkly toned with some porosity, scratches and marks.

Toned with granular surfaces, scratches visible under tone, area of edge filing.

Well-struck coin with excellent eye appeal and minimal wear.

Toned, horn silver, minor mark, traces of PVC residue on reverse.

Toned with scratches visible under the tone.

Lightly toned with small area of iridescence on obverse, minor marks, traces of deposits.

Toned with deposits and a few scratches on obverse.

Deeply toned with patches of find patina. Scrape on obverse, edge chipped revealing crystallization, reverse off center.

Lightly toned, reverse slightly off center

Toned with hairlines and areas of flat strike.

Toned surfaces with granular texture, smoothing, and cleaning scratches.

Toned with scratches, slightly off center.

Slightly rough argent surfaces, free from problems.

Deeply toned with roughness and a couple of edge tests

Lightly toned, reverse struck slightly off center, bankers' marks on obverse, pitting, faint hairlines

Well centered and well struck with immense brilliance and subtle toning, champagne toning around the devices

Lightly toned with some roughness and marks

Iridescent toning, some corrosion at edge, light marks, obverse slightly off center

Scratch on obverse, lightly brushed, minor scuff on reverse.

Area of flatness on obverse, scrapes, flan flaw on reverse

Toned with banker's mark on obverse, scratches, and some roughness.

Toned with minor scratches and marks. Scrape on reverse.

Slightly granular surfaces with some marks. Reverse struck slightly off center.

Toned, porous surfaces, scratch on obverse, reverse slightly off center

Toned with hairlines in fields, scratch on portrait, some find patina

Toned with find patina and a few minor scratches

Toned surface with slightly ragged edge and cleaning marks.

Attractive light tone, banker's mark and some scratches on obverse under tone

Light tone, a few scattered light marks, minor flan flaw on reverse

Iridescence, scratch on obverse, minor scuff on reverse

Toned with some scrapes and scratches, traces of deposits.

Lightly toned with minor die rust and small die break on obverse, faint hairlines.

Toned with banker's mark on obverse and earthen deposits.

Bright surfaces with cleaning scratches and a tiny edge chip

Toned with a few flan flaws and scratches visible under the tone.


8/25/25	$3,360	MS	Stack's Bowers	— 0%
5/14/25	$1,200	AU	Stack's Bowers	▲ +30%
2/19/25	$200	VF	CNG	▼ −50%
2/5/25	$425	VF	CNG	▲ +6%
1/23/25	$375	VF	CNG	▼ −6%

Denarius of AugustusRIC I 207

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