coin of Augustus / Silver
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 1986.05.0006
- Object Name
- coin of Augustus
- Lot
- Spink
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Coins
- Materials
- Silver
- Weight
- 3.9g
- Quantity
- 1
- Inscribed
- no
- Artifact Obverse Inscription
- AVGVSTVS DIVI F
- Full Artifact Description
- Silver Denarius with head of Augustus. Diam. 0.02 m, Wt. 3.86 g. Mint: Lugdunum (Lyon). Obv.: Laureate head of Augustus, facing right. Framing dots. Rev.: Bull butting right, lashing tail, on groundline. Silver (Rocks, Paper, Memory; Larson).
- Subjects
- Augustus
- Verbatim Date
- 27 BC- 14 AD
- Denomination
- denarius
- Authority
- Augustus
- Mint
- Lugdunum_Lyon_
- Countermark
- no
- Coin Obverse Description
- Laureate head of Augustus right
- Coin Obverse Inscription
- AVGVSTVS DIVI F
- Coin Reverse Description
- Bull butting right, left forefoot raised, lashing tail
- Inscription Obverse Text
- AVGVSTVS DIVI F
- Exhibition Title
- Rocks, Paper, Memory: Wendy Artin's Watercolor Paintings of Ancient Sculptures (exhibit)
- Exhibition Curator
- Ratté, Christopher
- Exhibition Year
- 2015
- Publication Title
- Rocks, Paper, Memory: Wendy Artin's Watercolor Paintings of Ancient Sculptures
- Publication Author
- Ratte, Christopher, Artin, Wendy, Larson, Katherine A.
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Class Title
- Emperors of Rome (F2022)
- The Art of Historical Fiction (F2022)
- Class Instructor
- Schultz, Celia
- Soter, Gina
- Class Department
- CLCIV
- Class Number
- 376
- 125.001
- Class Year
- 2022
- Class Semester
- Fall
- Type Category
- Numismatic
Technical Details
- Record
- 1986.05.0006
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1986.05.0006/dsc_5193.jpg
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"coin of Augustus; Silver." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1986.05.0006/dsc_5193.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.
