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Augustus AV Aureus. Lugdunum, 15-13 BC. AVGVSTVS DIVI•F, bare head right / Bull butting right, left foreleg raised, lashing his tail; IMP•X in exergue. RIC 166a; Lyon 18; Calicó 212; BMCRE 450 = BMCRR Gaul 162; BN 1372. 7.96g, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex private collection assembled c. 1950s-1980s.
The charging bull or heifer is a reference from the famous type of Thurium, a city to which the family of Augustus had a connection: Suetonius relates that Gaius Octavius, Augustus' natural father, defeated a Spartacist army near the town. Due to the high regard in which the family was held in the town, Augustus had been given the surname Thurinus at birth, and thus the type primarily represents a deeply personal allusion to the emperor and his father Gaius Octavius.
Good Very Fine.
Ex private collection assembled c. 1950s-1980s.
The charging bull or heifer is a reference from the famous type of Thurium, a city to which the family of Augustus had a connection: Suetonius relates that Gaius Octavius, Augustus' natural father, defeated a Spartacist army near the town. Due to the high regard in which the family was held in the town, Augustus had been given the surname Thurinus at birth, and thus the type primarily represents a deeply personal allusion to the emperor and his father Gaius Octavius.