Obverse: bare head of Augustus facing right with lituus to left behind. Reverse: Augustus veiled and togate standing left, holding simpulum in right hand.

**Obverse:** Augustus, Rome's first emperor, had by 13 BC consolidated the priestly offices of the state, and the *lituus* shown beside him marks his membership in the college of augurs.

**Reverse:** The figure is Augustus again, depicted in his priestly capacity; the *simpulum*, a ladle used for libations, signals the pontifical college, though he would not become *pontifex maximus* until 12 BC after the death of Lepidus.

**Obverse legend:** AVGVSTVS, "Augustus," the honorific title conferred on Octavian by the Senate in 27 BC.

**Reverse legend:** C · MARIVS · C · F TRO · III · VIR, expanded as *Gaius Marius Gai filius Tromentina tribu triumvir*, "Gaius Marius, son of Gaius, of the Tromentine tribe, one of the three men," identifying the moneyer as a *tresvir monetalis*, one of the three magistrates responsible for the mint.

Attractive old time cabinet toning, good metal quality, nice portrait


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Denarius of AugustusRIC I 398

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