general analysis of coinage

• Youthful

  • TRIPLE A, Apollo, Alexander the Great and Achilles
  • Inexperienced
  • Strong, virile commander
  • Unfit for the roles he held
• The name Caesar

  • Divine heritage - Venus through Aeneas, Mars through Romulus and Jupiter through them both
  • Founding father - Aeneas and Romulus. Augustus will be the third founding father, ushering in an era of peace
  • JC's military victories like Gaul
  • JC's dictatorship
• Apollo - Augustus' patron god, youthfully depicted, supported by the gods, represents order/war/prophecy
• Alexander the Great - died young at 30, expanded the Macedonian empire, signifies Augustus' future as an excellent military commander and a fulfiller of the Imperial Mission
• Achilles - died young, Augustus heroic
• The name Augustus

  • "August" - sacred, must be revered
  • "Augere" - to increase
  • Links to the practise of augury, Suetonius anything to do with them called 'augusta'
  • Suetonius a more original and honorable title
• Divi F

  • Series of six coins
  • Mourning Denarius
  • Aureus on a Curule Chair