Augustus as Pontifex Maximus. Reconstructing temples of Rome.

Text: TEMPLA DEVUM IN VRBE REFECI
I repaired temples of the gods in Rome

Extract from Mon.Anc. 20:
Duo et octoginta templa deum in urbe consul sextum ex auctoritate senatus refeci.

I repaired (eighty-two) temples of the gods in Rome in my sixth consulship by authority of the Senate.

Augustus with drapery over his head as a priest makes a scrifice at Alter. The word "sacrum", sacred, is written at front of the alter. In the background unindentified temples.

Michel 578, Sassone 418, AFA 510

Date of issue: 1937

Face value: 20 c.

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Date created: 22/03/00 11:41:49