(Feb 28, 2012)
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| Weight | 3.3 g | | Diameter | 17 mm | | Obverse | AVG, bare head of Augustus right | | Reverse | Two colonists ploughing with a pair of oxen right | | Reference | RPC 1656 , SNG BN 1439 | It is the events of 27 BC from which he obtained his traditional name of Augustus, which historians use in reference from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD
A statue of Augustus as a younger Octavian, dated ca. 30 BC
the reverse shows Tiberius riding on a quadriga , celebrating the fifteenth renewal of his tribunal power
With Rome's civil wars at an end, Augustus was also able to create a standing army for the Roman Empire, fixed at a size of 28 legions of about 170,000 soldiers
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