Roman Silver & Bronze
Lot 2060 Roman Silver & Bronze
Estimate $300
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SOLD $300
AUGUSTUS, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), silver denarius, Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Caesar Augusta), issued 19-18 B.C. (3.58 grams), obv. laureate head of Augustus to right around CAESAR AVGVSTVS, rev. DIVVS IVLIVS, across to left and right of eight ray comet with tail upwards, (S.484, RIC 37a, C.98, BMC 323). Has a banker's mark X countermarked in chin on the obverse, slightly off centred, otherwise good fine and rare.
Ex. B.A. Seaby, London, March 1989. The oak-wreath worn by Augustus is that which was presented to him by the Senate in 27 B.C., and the comet that which appeared in the heavens shortly after the death of Julius Caesar.
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