RIC I (second edition) Augustus 322
Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC I (second edition) Augustus 322. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Augustus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows jugate busts of Fortuna Victrix, with round helmet, and Fortuna Felix, with diadem, right on bar with rams' heads, with the legend Q RVSTIVS FORTVNAE ANTIAT.
The reverse shows ornamented altar inscribed FOR RE, with the legend CAESARI AVGVSTO EX SC.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 2
- Photograph views
- 11
- Catalogue references
- 1
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Historical context
His reign established the principate, a system of government maintaining nominal deference to the Senate while leaving autocratic power in his hands. This era commenced an extended period of imperial peace, known as the Pax Romana, and initiated an imperial cult.
Struck at Rome, this silver denarius represents the standard Roman silver coin in circulation from roughly 211 BC into the third century AD. The obverse depicts jugate busts of Fortuna Victrix wearing a round helmet alongside Fortuna Felix wearing a diadem, resting upon a bar terminating in rams' heads, accompanied by the inscription "Q RVSTIVS FORTVNAE ANTIAT". The reverse features an ornamented altar inscribed "FOR RE" and bears the legend "CAESARI AVGVSTO EX SC".
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Silver
- Denomination
- Denarius
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Rome
- Authority
- Augustus
Design
- Obverse
- Jugate busts of Fortuna Victrix, with round helmet, and Fortuna Felix, with diadem, right on bar with rams' heads
- Reverse
- Ornamented altar inscribed FOR RE
- Obverse legend
- Q RVSTIVS FORTVNAE ANTIAT
- Reverse legend
- CAESARI AVGVSTO EX SC
Identification
- Type reference
- RIC I (second edition) Augustus 322
- Denomination and metal
- Denarius, Silver
- Obverse legend to match
- Q RVSTIVS FORTVNAE ANTIAT
- Reverse legend to match
- CAESARI AVGVSTO EX SC
- Source note
- Type description from the American Numismatic Society's Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE); individual specimens differ in die, flan size, weight and wear, and legend breaks may vary.
Documentation checklist
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- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
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- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
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- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.1(2).aug.322
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