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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 B.C. - A.D. 14
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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 - |
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BMCRE - |
| Reference3: |
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Calicó 287 |
| Photograph Credit: |
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Classical Numismatic Group |
| Source: |
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http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=115172 |
| Price Sold For: |
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67500 USD |
| Date Sold: |
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1/7/2008 |
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Grade:
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Superb EF |
| Notes: |
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Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 749. Estimate $30000
From the Michael F. Price Collection (Stack’s, 3 December 1996), lot 105.
The example illustrated in Calicó 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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