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Quick Facts

Emperor
Augustus
Period
Julio-Claudian
Denomination
Denarius
Metal
Silver
Mint
uncertain value
Date
27 BC – AD 14

Augustus

Denarius · Silver

RIC I² 548

Obverse

Head of Augustus, bare, right

Reverse

Capricorn left, holding globe attached to rudder and carrying cornucopia

Historical Note

Capricorn was Augustus's personal birth sign, embraced as a symbol of divine destiny. The globe (world dominion), rudder (control of fate), and cornucopia (abundance) are the standard attributes that expand the zodiac symbol into imperial ideology. The leftward-facing Capricorn is a die variant within the same series.

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