Corinth Coin: 1963 1009
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1963 1009
Title:   Roman Imperial Silver Denarius of Augustus, Lugdunum Mint (2 BC - AD 14)
Year:   1963
Coin Number:   1009
Period:   Roman Imperial
Material:   AR
Denomination:   denarius
Mint:   Lugdunum
Authority:   Augustus
Obverse Legend:   CAESAR AVGVSTVS - DIVI F PATER PATRIAE
Obverse Type:   Head of Augustus r., laureate
Reverse Legend:   C L CAESARES (in ex.), AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT
Reverse Type:   Gaius and Lucius, on l. and r., standing front, each togate and resting hand on shield; behind each shield, a spear; above, simpulum and lituus
Symbol:   Rev: simpulum, lituus
Axis Clock:   12
Weight Description:   3.27
Weight:   3.27
Diameter:   20
Chronology:   2 BC - AD 14
Findspot Description:   Oakley South; Surface find; #4714
Excavation Date: 4/26/1963, #1
Notebook 245, p. 154; Notebook 257, p. 31, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Originally 1963-459
Plated?, Cu = probably miscleaned in 1963
coin lightly worn and crisply struck, but simpulum and lituus ineptly engraved and ambiguous
Reference:   RIC I (rev. ed.) 55.207 or 56.208/210
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2011 4949
Image: digital 2011 4950
Image: digital 2011 4951