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AUGUSTUS



D-000-033-2017 RIC I - 256 (Augustus)
  • Obverse: Diademed bust of Victory right
  • Reverse: CAESAR – DIVI F Neptune, naked but cloak over shoulders, standing l. with r. foot on globe, holding sceptre and aplustre.
  • Type: Denar
  • State: Good EF
  • Weight: 3,75 gr.
  • Date: 32 BC
  • Mint: Brindisium or Rome
  • Diameter: 20 mm.
  • Die axis: 9 hs
  • RIC I: 256 (Augustus)
  • Other Ref: C 60; BMC 615; Sear Imperators 409; CBN 12; Cal. 679; FFC, Augusto 44
  • Source: NAC AG 101 (10-2017). Lot 46
  • Comments:

    In an exceptional state of preservation. Struck on a very broad flan, lovely iridescent tone, virtually as struck and almost Fdc. Ex Glendining’s sale 19 July 1950, Platt Hall, 803.