The Aurea Aetas and Octavianic/Augustan Coinage

• Győri, Victoria ^[1]
  1. [1] King's College London

     King's College London

     Reino Unido

     
• Localización: Revista Numismática OMNI, ISSN-e 2104-8363, Nº. 8, 2014
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Octavianic/Augustan coins connected with the aurea aetas introduce and incorporatesymbols of Hellenistic divine monarchy into Roman coinage. Coin types such as the sidus Iulium,cornucopia, Capricorn as well as Aion Plutonius, Apollo, and Diana represent a saeculum novum. Asurvey of these types shows that this iconography was greatly influenced by Hellenistic artisticmedia. Many of these Hellenistic images also advertised the advent of a new age. The concept of aGolden Age clearly had roots in Hellenistic monarchy; and so, these Octavianic/Augustan coinsreflect these origins.