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    "localId": "24936",
    "label": "As of the Deified Augustus",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/59.627"
}

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    "id": "24936",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/59.627",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "As of the Deified Augustus",
    "description": "Obverse: Head of Augustus, radiate, left.  Reverse: Ara Providentiae Augusti (Altar of the 'Forethought' of Augustus) with doors closed. This copper alloy coin was worth 1/400 of a gold coin (aureus). It was issued under the authority of the emperor Tiberius (reigned 14-37 CE) in honor of his step-father and predecessor,  Augustus (reigned 27 BCE-14 CE).",
    "provenance": "Harold Landon, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1943, by gift.",
    "date": "22-30 CE (Roman Imperial)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/59.627",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "coins"
    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Max diam: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Roman",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Inscription",
        "Latin; obverse] DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER [Translation] Divine Father Augustus [Inscription",
        "Latin; reverse] PROVIDENT(iae) S(enatus) C(onsulto) [Translation] To (the goddess) Forethought",
        "by senatorial decree"
    ],
    "dynasty": "Julio-Claudian Dynasty",
    "reign": "Julius Caesar Augustus (27 BC-AD 14)",
    "med": "bronze; struck",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6191"
    ],
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        "ROM",
        "NUM"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3360"
    ]
}

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