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AUGUSTUS & M. Sanquinius
- Obverse: AVGVSTVS – DIVI F Bare head of Augustus right.
- Reverse: M SANQVI – NIVS III VIR. Laureate, youthful head of deified Julius Caesar right; above, comet with tail.
- Type: Denar
- State: Good EF
- Weight: 3,85 gr.
- Date: 17 BC
- Mint: Roma
- Diameter: 18,50 mm.
- Die axis: 6 hs
- RIC I: 338 (Augustus)
- Other Ref: C 1; BMC 71; CBN 278; Cal. 1242; FFC J. César y Augusto 1
- Source: NAC AG 86 (10-2015). Lot 70
- Comments:
Very rare and possibly the finest specimen known. Two portraits of superb style perfectly struck and centred on a full flan. Wonderful iridescent tone and good extremely fine. Ex NAC AG, 27 (2004), 295