As of the Deified Augustus

Description Obverse: Head of Augustus, radiate, left. Reverse: Ara Providentiae Augusti (Altar of the 'Forethought' of Augustus) with doors closed. This copper alloy coin was worth 1/400 of a gold coin (aureus). It was issued under the authority of the emperor Tiberius (reigned 14-37 CE) in honor of his step-father and predecessor, Augustus (reigned 27 BCE-14 CE).

Exhibitions

• From Rubens to the Grand Tour. Academy Art Museum, Easton. 2015.

Provenance Harold Landon, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1943, by gift.

Inscriptions [Inscription, Latin; obverse] DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER [Translation] Divine Father Augustus [Inscription, Latin; reverse] PROVIDENT(iae) S(enatus) C(onsulto) [Translation] To (the goddess) Forethought, by senatorial decree

Credit Gift of Harold Landon, 1943