AE as, Divus Augustus


Rev. Winged thunderbolt with forks of lightning upright between a large SC (senatus consulto - by decree of the senate) in field. The thunderbolt generally represents the power to wage war, while lightning was associated with divine providence. The thunderbolt featured frequently on coins as a symbol of power and as an attribute of not only Jupiter, but also Veiovis during the republican era, and particularly Apollo during the Augustan age.
Obv. Head of Augustus, radiate left, around DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER.