Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Figure 88

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(Photographs courtesy of www.cngcoins.com)
Coin from Thyatira. Obv.: CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head of Augustus Denarius. (r. ca. 19–18 BC). Rev.: DIVVS IVLIV[S], (divus or deified Julius). Comet (44 BC) of eight rays representing the eight days it was visible with the tail pointing upward that was interpreted as the divine authentication of Caesar’s deity. (RIC 1.37a = BMC 323)

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