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Source: BBC news

Those are beautiful coins with significant images. The reverse of the coins are portraits of Augustus’ two grandchildren and heirs who would later die (Gaius and Lucius). The lituus was a crooked wand and is used as a symbol of the augurs who used the lituus to mark out the sky for divination by the flight of birds. The simpulum was a vessel or ladle with a long handle that was used at sacrifices to make libations.