Obverse: bare head of Augustus facing right. Reverse: German kneeling right in attitude of submission, offering up vexillum and extending hand

Augustus, the first Roman emperor, ruled from 27 BC until AD 14 and consolidated power through a combination of military success and careful constitutional fiction.

The kneeling German alludes to the Roman campaigns across the Rhine in the 12 BC, when Drusus the Elder, Augustus's stepson, opened a sustained offensive that pushed Roman arms deep into Germania.

Attractive iridescent toning, minor marks and scratches under tone, edge mark

Deep old cabinet toning with iridescence, shallow banker's mark on obverse, granular surfaces, some find patina, irregular edge, edge scrapes and tests, edge reveals crystallization

Toned with porosity, scratches, and deposits on obverse; graffiti on reverse; flan crack present.

Areas of attractive iridescent toning, some faint hairlines. Bold portrait.

A few bankers' marks on obverse, lightly toned

Nice old toning. Small banker's mark behind Augustus and some small deposits below. Several small scratches.


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Denarius of AugustusRIC I 416

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