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AUGUSTUS & M. Sanquinius



D-000-021-2015 RIC I - 338 (Augustus)
  • 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