Benefactor LONGINUS Posted June 16 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted June 16 Show us your Papa Augustus coins. 8 1 2 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted June 16 · Supporter Share Posted June 16 AUGUSTUS. Æ. As. (Caesaraugusta, Zaragoza, Spain) 25-11 BC Magistrates: Gnaeus Domitius Ampianus, Gaius Vettius Lancianus Obverse: IMP. AVGVSTVS. TRIB. POTS. XX., laureate head of Augustus to the right. Reverse: CAES. AVGVS (clockwise from 10-1). CN. DOM. AMP. C. VET. LANC (anti clockwise from 8-2). Priest ploughing with pair of oxen to the right. Below II (with horizontal line above) VIR. (*) RPC volume I, #320 Leaded bronze,12.85g. 31mm. Reference: Vives 148–10, GMI 328, Beltrán 16, NAH 982, AB. 327 Augustus AE As, RIC 233, Cohen 237, BMC 567 Augustus, AE as, Lugdunum Mint, CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRAE, laureate head right / Altar of Lugdunum, decorated with the corona civica, between laurels and stylized figures. Flanked by columns supporting facing Victories holding wreathe and palm. ROM ET AVG below. 26mm, 11.07gr 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amarmur Posted June 16 · Member Share Posted June 16 Happy Fathers Day to the Father of Rome. Here are some of my Augustus coins. My favorites are the 40 drachma of Alexandria Egypt (the 1st Roman Egypt coin minted 30-28 BC as Octavian won Egypt for Romefairly decent grade for the type) and the Antioch provincial because of the stellar portrait. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amarmur Posted June 16 · Member Share Posted June 16 Also this one with in Augustus in Thrace with client king Rhometalkes is cool 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted June 17 · Supporter Share Posted June 17 Gaius Octavius, later Imperator Caesar Divi filius Augustus Moneyer: Octavianus Reign: Roman Republic, Civil War Mint: Uncertain Italian mint, Brundisium or Rome Date: ca. 30/29 BC Nominal: Denarius Material: Silver Diameter: 21mm Weight: 3.65g Augustus, 27 B.C.-14 A.D. AR Denarius, 3.63g, 21.5mm. Spanish mint, c.19-18 B.C. CAESAR AVGVSTVS. Bare head of Augustus to left. Rev. S P Q R CL V inscribed on the center of a shield. RIC 42b. BMC 335. Fully struck on a large flan; toned. Provenance/Pedigree: Ex: Mark Salton (born Max Schlessinger) collection, Frankfurt and NY, 1914-2005, with collector's old ticket and envelope. ( For bio see: https://www.coin.com/indexes/?find=2485) Octavian AR denarius, 32-27 BC, 3.80gm, struck 29-27 BC in uncertain Italian mint (Brundisium? Rome?), 21.3mm. Obv: Bare head right. Rev: Ithyphallic boundary-stone of Jupiter Terminus, surmounted by laureate head of Octavian facing; winged thunderbolt below; IMP CAESAR across fields. RIC 269a; CRI 425; RSC 114. 6 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Skin Coins Posted June 17 · Member Share Posted June 17 Augustus AR Denarius. Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Caesaraugusta?), 19-18 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head to right / S•P•Q•R CL•V in two lines on round shield (clipeus virtutis). RIC I 42a; BMCRE 333-4 = BMCRR Gaul 128-9; RSC 294; BN 1311. 3.80g, 19mm, 6h. Ex Scipio Collection. 5 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMonkeySwag96 Posted June 18 · Member Share Posted June 18 (edited) AUGUSTUS 27 BC - AD 14 AR Denarius. 3.51g, 19.3mm MINTED: Lugdunum (Lyon) mint, 15 BC REF: RIC I 167a; Lyon 19; RSC 137 OBVERSE: AVGVSTVS DIVI F, bare head right. REVERSE: Bull butting right, left forefoot raised, lashing his tail; IMP • X in exergue. Edited June 18 by MrMonkeySwag96 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted June 18 · Member Share Posted June 18 That one's brilliant, @MrMonkeySwag96. I'm really needing how the elegantly subtle toning brings out the detail, but also emphasizes the relief on the portrait. This is Exactly the kind of example that gives even, honest wear an esthetic quality all its own. And I'm already scared of that bull!!! (Reminiscent of the goat, which my German uncle and aunt kept behind a fence in the backyard, all by himself. Not a happy goat. Promising you, you would be very glad of the fence!) I have an as of Claudius, with the common Minerva reverse, and a Marcus Aurelius sestertius, commemorating victories in Parthia. That might as well be my 'bucket list' for the earlier imperial phases. But --well, no, because-- all of you folks have these incredible examples. They've obviously got better homes than they'd have with me. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted June 18 · Supporter Share Posted June 18 Some portraits of his : Q 4 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted June 18 · Supporter Share Posted June 18 (edited) Here are some more Augustus denarii. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (4.00 g, 10h). Rome mint. L. Aquillius Florus, moneyer. Struck 19/8 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head right / RIC I 309; RSC 364; BMCRE 46-8 = BMCRR Rome 4553-5; L # AQVILLIVS # FLORVS # III # VIR #, open flower, displaying six petals, stamen, and pistil. Augustus AR Denarius. Rome, 19-18 BC. M. Durmius, moneyer. M#DVRMIVS III#VIR#HONORI, head of Honos right / CAESAR AVGVSTVS#SIGN RECE#, bare-headed Parthian kneeling on right knee right, extending in right hand a signum, to which is attached a vexillum marked X, and holding out left hand below left knee. RIC 315 corr. (no stars); RSC 428; BMC 56 Augustus Ar. denarius, AVGVSTVS DIVI F, bare hd. r., rev., the Actian Apollo stg. l., holding plectrum and lyre, IMP X across fields, ACT in ex., Lugdunum mint (Sear, 1611; RIC 171a; Seaby 144). ACTIUM VICTORY RSC 1442 SPQR IMP CAESARI AVG COS XI TR POT VI. AUGUSTUS facing right. CIVIB ET SIGN MILIT A PART RECVPER. Triple span triumphal arch surrounded by large group of statuary comprising Augustus in facing triumphal quadriga flanked by two Parthians. To commemorate the return of the Roman standards held as war trophies by the Parthians. Ex-Lodge Antiquities. Edited June 18 by Dafydd 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMonkeySwag96 Posted June 19 · Member Share Posted June 19 (edited) 23 hours ago, JeandAcre said: That one's brilliant, @MrMonkeySwag96. I'm really needing how the elegantly subtle toning brings out the detail, but also emphasizes the relief on the portrait. This is Exactly the kind of example that gives even, honest wear an esthetic quality all its own. And I'm already scared of that bull!!! (Reminiscent of the goat, which my German uncle and aunt kept behind a fence in the backyard, all by himself. Not a happy goat. Promising you, you would be very glad of the fence!) I have an as of Claudius, with the common Minerva reverse, and a Marcus Aurelius sestertius, commemorating victories in Parthia. That might as well be my 'bucket list' for the earlier imperial phases. But --well, no, because-- all of you folks have these incredible examples. They've obviously got better homes than they'd have with me. I assume this pair of Republican denarii has a similar “honest wear & subtle toning” aesthetic to my Augustus denarius? Edited June 19 by MrMonkeySwag96 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted June 19 · Member Share Posted June 19 Yep, @MrMonkeySwag96, you nailed it with a mallet. Liking the sheep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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