Augustus. The Guardian of Imperial Rome

Text: TVTELA PRAESENS ITALIAE DOMINAEQVE ROMAE. HOR.
Mighty guardian of Italy and imperial Rome.

Extract from Horace, Odae 4.14.
Te Cantaber non ante domabilis
Medusque et Indus, te profugus Scythes
miratur, o tutela praesens
Italiae dominaeque Romae.

At thee marvels the Catabrian never before subdued,
at thee the Mede and Indian,
at thee the roving Scythian, thou mighty guardian
of Italy and imperial Rome

There is a wreath of laurel on each side of the Emperor, as an ovation.

Ode to Augustus in praice of all his achievements. Augustus was the guardian of Rome, so is Mussolini

Michel 590, Sassone aerea 110, AFA 522.

Date of issue: 1937

Face value: 5+1 l.

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