CNG - Augustus. Denarius. Capricorn. Good VF
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Category: Coins:Coins: World:Ancient:Roman: Imperial

     
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     Augustus. 27 BC-14 AD. AR Denarius (3.87 gm). Struck 16 BC.
     Uncertain mint. Bare head right / AVGVSTVS, capricorn right,
     bearing cornucopiae on its back and holding globe and rudder. RIC
     I 547a; BMCRE 346; BN 1271ff; RSC 21. Toned, good VF, banker's
     mark on neck. Scarce. 725015

     The capricorn represents Augustus' birth sign and was to appear
     frequently as a coin type during his reign. His birthday was
     September 23 (63 BC), which would have made him a Libra by the
     modern reckoning. However, it is clear from an astronomical work
     dating from the early part of Tiberius' reign that the moon and
     not the sun was used as the basis for computations at that time.
     The moon was in Capricorn at the time of Augustus' birth (cf.
     Melville Jones, A Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins, p. 47).

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