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Augustus AR Denarius. Restitution issue struck under Trajan. Rome, circa AD 107. CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE, laureate head of Augustus right / AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT, Gaius and Lucius standing facing with two round shields and two spears between them; above, simpulum and lituus, CL CAESARES in exergue. Cf. RIC² 208 (mis-attributed as lifetime issue); BMCRE 536, pl. 13, 18 (same). 3.65g, 21mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Very Rare. A particularly beautiful example of this rare restored coinage struck under Trajan.
Acquired from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG.
The occasion for this 'restitution' series issued under Trajan may have been the melting down of old coinage as mentioned in Cassius Dio (67.15), for Mattingly and Sydenham (RIC II, P. 303) proposed that "since the Romans regarded their coins with a certain amount of reverence as products of the Sacra Moneta it is not unnatural to conclude that they valued them also as historical monuments. The dominating trait in the character of Trajan was a desire to emphasise and expand the glory of Rome. It seems reasonable, therefore, to suggest that this was his motive for issuing the Restored Coins; and, by thus placing together a series of types illustrative of the development of Rome, Trajan may not ineptly be regarded as one of the first to recognize Numismatics as an aid to History."
Extremely Fine. Very Rare. A particularly beautiful example of this rare restored coinage struck under Trajan.
Acquired from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG.
The occasion for this 'restitution' series issued under Trajan may have been the melting down of old coinage as mentioned in Cassius Dio (67.15), for Mattingly and Sydenham (RIC II, P. 303) proposed that "since the Romans regarded their coins with a certain amount of reverence as products of the Sacra Moneta it is not unnatural to conclude that they valued them also as historical monuments. The dominating trait in the character of Trajan was a desire to emphasise and expand the glory of Rome. It seems reasonable, therefore, to suggest that this was his motive for issuing the Restored Coins; and, by thus placing together a series of types illustrative of the development of Rome, Trajan may not ineptly be regarded as one of the first to recognize Numismatics as an aid to History."