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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Roman Coins| ▸ |The Twelve Caesars| ▸ |Augustus||View Options:   | | | Octavian Augustus, the first and possibly greatest Roman emperor, founded the Roman empire after defeating Mark Antony and Cleopatra. He reformed the coinage and the military, and embarked on a huge building program all across the empire. Augustus was succeeded by his stepson Tiberius after a long reign of 41 years. He was 77, having ruled from 27 B.C. to 14 A.D. |
Unusual because the head is radiate on an as.RB57449. Copper as, RIC I Tiberius 83, Cohen I 249, BMCRE I Tiberius 157, SRCV I 1791, VF, rough, weight 10.375 g, maximum diameter 28.9 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, posthumous, 34 - 37 A.D.; obverse DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER, radiate head left; reverse vertical winged thunderbolt, S - C (senatus consulto) flanking in field; SOLD
Augustus, 16 January 27 B.C. - 19 August 14 A.D., Commemorative Struck by Tiberius
Octavian Augustus, the first and possibly greatest Roman emperor, founded the empire after defeating Mark Antony and Cleopatra. He reformed the coinage and military, and embarked on a huge building program across the empire. He died at 77 years, having ruled 27 B.C. to 14 A.D.RB65342. Copper as, RIC I Tiberius 82, BMCRE I Tiberius 155, Hunter I 14, Cohen I 247, SRCV I 1790, VF, well centered, weight 12.218 g, maximum diameter 27.9 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, struck under Tiberius, 34 - 37 A.D.; obverse DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER, radiate head left; reverse eagle standing facing on globe, head turned right and upwards, wings spread, S - C (senatus consulto) flanking across field; SOLD
Tiberius, 19 August 14 - 16 March 37 A.D., Divus Augustus Reverse
Provincial temples of Augustus, such as the Temple of Augustus in Pula (now in Croatia), were constructed during his lifetime. In Rome, he was not officially deified until after his death. Construction of the temple at Nola in Campania, where he died, began shortly after his death. Subsequently, temples were dedicated to him all over the Roman Empire.RX83564. Billon tetradrachm, RPC I 5099, BMC Alexandria 49, Dattari 89, Kampmann-Ganschow 5.20, Emmett 60.21, Geissen I 56 var. (lituus before Augustus), VF, toned, bumps and marks, corrosion, weight 12.58 g, maximum diameter 25.8 mm, die axis 0o, Alexandrian mint, 34 - 35 A.D.; obverse TIBEPIOΣ KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣTOΣ, laureate head of Tiberius left, LKA (year 21) before; reverse TEOΣ ΣEBAΣTOΣ, radiate head of divine Augustus right; SOLD
Augustus, 16 January 27 B.C. - 19 August 14 A.D., Roman Provincial Egypt
The Temple of Mars Ultor in Rome contained the legionary standard that had been taken by the Parthians a generation before, and returned through diplomatic pressure.SH33454. Bronze diobol, Dattari 14, RPC I 5003, BMC Alexandria 7, Milne 5, Emmett 3, Kampmann-Ganschow 2.3, F, weight 12.617 g, maximum diameter 26.1 mm, die axis 0o, Alexandria mint, c. 19 B.C.; obverse ΣEBACTOC, bare head right; reverse KAICAP, temple of Mars Ultor, standard in center; SOLD
Octavian, Triumvir and Imperator, Augustus 16 January 27 B.C. - 19 August 14 A.D.
Reverse refers to Octavian's reestablishment of boundaries in the east after the battle of Actium and review of the client kingdoms established by Mark Antony (in particular return of Roman territory from Cleopatra and her children)RS63761. Silver denarius, RIC I 269a (S), RSC I Augustus 114, BMCRR II Rome 4360, BMCRE I 628, Sear CRI 425, SRCV I 1561, F, banker's mark, punch, weight 3.516 g, maximum diameter 19.1 mm, die axis 135o, Italian mint, 30 - 29 B.C.; obverse bare head right, anepigraphic; reverse facing head of Octavian on ithyphallic boundary stone of Jupiter Terminus, winged thunderbolt below, IMP - CAESAR divided across the field at center; very scarce; SOLD
Augustus, 16 January 27 B.C. - 19 August 14 A.D., Lycian League
Strabo wrote there were twenty-three cities in the Lycian League. At founding the six largest cities were Xanthus, Patara, Pinara, Olympus, Myra, and Tlos. Each of the largest cities controlled three votes, the medium-sized two, and the others one. The League would select the Lyciarch, judges, magistrates and the other officials of the League. In the beginning the league would vote for war or peace and alliances. Later those decisions were made by the Romans. Lycia lost its freedom when Claudius incorporated it into the Empire and joined it with Pamphylia as a Roman province in 43 A.D. The democratic principles of the Lycian League influenced the framers of the United States Constitution.SH64451. Silver drachm, Troxell Lycia 114, SNGvA 4471 - 4472, RPC I 3309, SNG Cop -, VF, rough, weight 2.368 g, maximum diameter 17.6 mm, die axis 0o, Lycian mint, series 6, 27 - 20 B.C.; obverse Λ-Y, bare head right; reverse two citharas (lyres), winged caduceus between, TΛΩ/KP (magistrate); SOLD
Roman Republic, Octavian (Later Augustus), Imperator and Consul, Autumn 30 B.C.
This type celebrates Octavian's triumph after his victory over Cleopatra VII of Egypt (and Mark Antony) at Actium. In 30 B.C., the year this coin was struck, Antony and Cleopatra retreated to Alexandria and committed suicide. Ptolemy XV Caesarion, the son of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar, was executed, extinguishing the Ptolemaic dynasty. Octavian became the ruler of Egypt and the de facto sole ruler of the Roman world. Cleopatra's other children were spared and taken back in triumph. Octavia, Octavian's sister and Mark Antony's widow, raised Alexander Helios, Cleopatra Selene and Ptolemy Philadelphus in her household in Rome.RR69321. Silver denarius, Sear CRI 410, RSC I Augustus 115, BMCRR 4343, BMCRE I 617, SRCV I 1555, F, weight 3.423 g, maximum diameter 19.8 mm, die axis 180o, Italian (Rome?) mint, autumn 30 B.C.; obverse Victory standing right on prow, extending wreath in right, palm frond over shoulder in left; reverse IMP CAESAR, Octavian in triumphal quadriga right, branch in right hand, reins in left; SOLD
Strabo wrote, "The Romans possess Lugdunum, founded below a ridge at the confluence of the Arar and the Rhone. It is the most populous of all the other cities except Narbo; for it is a center of commerce, and the Roman emperors strike their silver and gold coinage there." (4.3.2)
RS84720. Silver denarius, RIC I 167a, BMCRE I 451, RSC I 137, BnF I 1373, Hunter I 197, SRCV I 1610, VF, marks, scratches, horn silver encrustations, weight 3.677 g, maximum diameter 19.8 mm, die axis 225o, Lugdunum (Lyon, France) mint, 15 - 13 B.C.; obverse AVGVSTVS DIVI•F, bare head right; reverse bull butting right, left foreleg raised, lashing tail, IMP•X in exergue, linear border; ex Numismatik Naumann auction 47, lot 465; SOLD
The emperor's titles here replace those of the moneyer and set the pattern for the later Julio-Claudian aes coinage. -- David Sear, p. 331, Roman Coins and Their Values, Volume One.RB89504. Copper as, RIC I 471, BMCRE I 275, BnF I 883, Cohen I 226, SRCV I 1689, VF, excellent portrait, near black patina, light earthen deposits, obverse slightly off center, weight 11.191 g, maximum diameter 28.5 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, 11 - 12 B.C.; obverse IMP CAESAR DIVI F AVGVSTVS IMP XX (Augustus, son of the divine Imperator Caesar, imperator 20 times), bare head left; reverse PONTIF MAXIM TRIBVN POT XXXIIII (high priest, holder of Tribunitian power for 34 years), legend around S C (senatus consulto); from the Errett Bishop Collection; SOLD
Augustus, 16 January 27 B.C. - 19 August 14 A.D.
The abbreviation S • P • Q • R / CL • V, unfortunately worn on this example, stands for Senatus Populusque Romanus, Clipeus Votivus, meaning the Sentate and People of Rome dedicated a shield [to Augustus]. Augustus was awarded, for his virtue, piety, justice and clemency, a golden shield which was displayed in the Curia Iulia. The tradition of votive shields began in the earliest times, when warriors would take the shield of a fallen enemy to a temple and offer it to a god. Awarding shields to the emperor for display in the Curia, with either his bust or describing accomplishments, became a Roman custom. According to Suetonius, upon hearing of his death, the Senate had all Domitian's shields pulled down from the walls of the curia and thrown upon the ground.SH64479. Silver denarius, RIC I 42b; RSC I 293, BMCRE I 335, BMCRR Gaul 130, BnF I 1316 ff., Fine/Fair, banker's mark, weight 3.440 g, maximum diameter 20.7 mm, Emerita or Caesaraugusta mint, 19 - 18 B.C.; obverse CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head left; reverse round shield inscribed S • P • Q • R / CL • V in two lines, dot border; SOLD
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