Augustus, Lugdunum mint (Lyon), 2 BC.-12 AD.,
Denarius (17-19 mm / 3,01 g),
Obv.: CAESAR AVGVST[VS - DIVI] F PATER PATRIAE , laureate head of Augustus right.
Rev.: C L CAESARE[S] / AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT , Caius and Lucius Caesar standing facing, shields and spears between; above, simpulum and lituus.
RIC I, 56, 207 (common) ; BMC 533 ; CBN 1651 ; Coh. 43 ; Giard, Lyon 103, 82 .
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.