Augustus (27 BC-AD 14). AR denarius (18mm, 3.79 gm, 7h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 4/5. Spain, Caesaraugusta, 19-18 BC. CAESAR-AVGVSTVS, bare head of Augustus right / SPQR / CL • V, legend in two lines on shield. RIC I 42a. BMC 334. Lightly toned with hints of red on solid flan with subdued luster. The Clipeus virtutis, Latin for 'shield of valor,' depicted on the reverse of this coin, was a golden shield awarded by the Roman Senate to Augustus for his "courage, clemency, justice and piety" and displayed in the Curia Iulia.

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