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Augustus (27 BC-AD 14). AR denarius. NGC Choice Fine. Spain, Caesaraugusta, 19-18 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head of Augustus right / SPQR C·L V in two lines on shield ("Clipeus Virtutis" or "shield of Valor"). RIC 42b. RSC 293. Lightly toned, a few deposits, reverse rather lightly struck.
The Clipeus virtutis, Latin for 'shield of valor,' depicted on the reverse of this coin, was a golden shield awarded by the Roman Senate to Augustus for his "courage, clemency, justice and piety" and displayed in the Curia Iulia.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 175-225 USD
Augustus (27 BC-AD 14). AR denarius. NGC Choice Fine. Spain, Caesaraugusta, 19-18 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head of Augustus right / SPQR C·L V in two lines on shield ("Clipeus Virtutis" or "shield of Valor"). RIC 42b. RSC 293. Lightly toned, a few deposits, reverse rather lightly struck.
The Clipeus virtutis, Latin for 'shield of valor,' depicted on the reverse of this coin, was a golden shield awarded by the Roman Senate to Augustus for his "courage, clemency, justice and piety" and displayed in the Curia Iulia.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 175-225 USD