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Galerie > Ancient World > The Roman Empire > Lugdunum (Lyon, France)
  2 BC.-12 AD., Augustus, Lugdunum, Denarius, RIC 211.
Augustus, Lugdunum mint (Lyon), 2 BC.-12 AD., 
Denarius (18-19 mm / 3,48 g), 
Obv.: CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F [PATER PATRIAE] , laureate head of Augustus right. 
Rev.: C L CAESARES / AVGVS[TI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVE]NT , Lucius and Gaius Caesars, togate, standing holding honorary shields and spears; X in center, above center on l. a simpulum r. and on r. a lituus to left.
RIC I, 56, 211 (scarce) ; BMC 537 ; Coh. 43 .
uncleaned

The type commemorates Gaius and Lucius Caesars, the grandsons of Augustus by Marcus Agrippa, as heirs to the imperial throne. Gaius became Princeps Iuventutis in 5 BC and Lucius in 2 BC. Their respective deaths in 4 AD and 2 AD were later attributed to Augustus' wife, Livia, to secure the throne for her son, the future emperor Tiberius.
Schlüsselwörter: Augustus Lugdunum Denarius Gaius Lucius Caesar Shields Spears Simpulum Lituus

2 BC.-12 AD., Augustus, Lugdunum, Denarius, RIC 211.

Augustus, Lugdunum mint (Lyon), 2 BC.-12 AD.,
Denarius (18-19 mm / 3,48 g),
Obv.: CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F [PATER PATRIAE] , laureate head of Augustus right.
Rev.: C L CAESARES / AVGVS[TI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVE]NT , Lucius and Gaius Caesars, togate, standing holding honorary shields and spears; X in center, above center on l. a simpulum r. and on r. a lituus to left.
RIC I, 56, 211 (scarce) ; BMC 537 ; Coh. 43 .
uncleaned

The type commemorates Gaius and Lucius Caesars, the grandsons of Augustus by Marcus Agrippa, as heirs to the imperial throne. Gaius became Princeps Iuventutis in 5 BC and Lucius in 2 BC. Their respective deaths in 4 AD and 2 AD were later attributed to Augustus' wife, Livia, to secure the throne for her son, the future emperor Tiberius.

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Name des Albums:Arminius / Lugdunum (Lyon, France)
Schlüsselwörter:Augustus / Lugdunum / Denarius / Gaius / Lucius / Caesar / Shields / Spears / Simpulum / Lituus
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