- Co 30 (Early Roman denarius of Augustus from Lugdunum) [permalink]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 2
- Not before (date)
- -4
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Typological identification
- RIC I (second edition) Augustus 207
- Comparanda
- KC006
- Contributor Notes
- 2008 (May-June): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
- Label or tag text
- found in deep fill, probably from hard packed dirt layer
- Preservation description
- Wear: aEF. Crystallized all the way through; brittle. Missing ca. 20% snapped off from obverse lower left.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, no. 296, p. 29 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 2
- Has denomination
- Denarius
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 19.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Lugdunum
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 3.27
- Obverse Description
- Laureate head of emperor to right; within thin dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
- ⟲ C̣[AESAR] ẠṾG̣VSTVS - DIVI F PATEṚ [PATRIAE]
- Reverse Description
- Gaius and Lucius Caesares togate standing front and holding grounded spears and shields; in between spears, lituus right and simpulum left; within thin dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
- C L CAESARES | ⟲ [AVGVSTI F CO]Ṣ ḌẸṢỊG PRINC IVVENT
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Silver (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Gaius Caesar (Imperial heir, 20 BCE-4 CE)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Lucius Caesar (Imperial heir, 17 BCE-2 CE)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Religious Symbol or Object (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Weaponry and Armor (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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