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Aureus of Augustus, Lugdunum (Lyons)
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Obv.: Laureate head of Augustus to r.
Rev.: Gaius and Lucius Caesar, togate, veiled, standing facing on l. and r. respectively. Each rests a hand on one of two shields, which stand upright on the ground between them; behind the shields, two crossed spears, butts pointing upwards l. and r.; between butts, a simpulum on l. and a lituus on r. turned inwards
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Harvard College Library Bequest of Robert Nixon Toppan 1880
Title: Aureus of Augustus, Lugdunum (Lyons)
Description:
Obv.
: Laureate head of Augustus to r.
Rev.
: Gaius and Lucius Caesar, togate, veiled, standing facing on l.
and r.
respectively.
Each rests a hand on one of two shields, which stand upright on the ground between them; behind the shields, two crossed spears, butts pointing upwards l.
and r.
; between butts, a simpulum on l.
and a lituus on r.
turned inwards.
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