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ID: |
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77000749 |
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[UNVERIFIED]
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| Type: |
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Roman Imperial |
| Issuer: |
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Augustus |
| Date Ruled: |
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27 - 14 BC-AD
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| Metal: |
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Gold |
| Denomination: |
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Aureus |
| Struck / Cast: |
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struck |
| Date Struck: |
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19-18 BC |
| Weight: |
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7.88 g |
| Die Axis: |
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6 h |
| Obverse Legend: |
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AVGVSTVS |
| Obverse Description: |
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Bare head right |
| Reverse Legend: |
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S • P • Q • R / CL • V |
| Reverse Description: |
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Victory flying facing, head left, wings spread, holding with both hands a round shield inscribed CL • V |
| Mint: |
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Spanish mint - Emerita |
| Primary Reference: |
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RIC - |
| Reference2: |
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Calico 287 |
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BMCRE - |
| Reference4: |
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BMCRR Rome -; BN - |
| Photograph Credit: |
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Classical Numismatic Group |
| Source: |
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http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=115172 |
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Grade:
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Superb EF, lustrous and lightly toned, small owner's mark in lower left field on reverse |
| Notes: |
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Extremely rare, apparently the second known. From the Michael F. Price Collection (Stack's, 3 December 1996), lot 105. The example illustrated in Calico was sold in Leu 87 (6 May 2003), lot 1 = Numismatic Fine Arts XXII (1 June 1989), lot 30. That example also exhibited the same owner's mark on the reverse, which is also visible on lot 761 below. Victory is holding the golden shield, the clypeus virtutis, that the Senate presented to Augustus in 26 BC. |
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