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Augustus (27 BC-AD 14). AR denarius (19mm, 3.72 gm, 6h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 3/5, lt graffito. Rome, 17 BC, M. Sanquinius, moneyer. AVGVSTVS-DIVI F, bare head of Augustus right / M • SANQVI-NIVS • III • VIR, laureate, youthful head of the deified and rejuvenated Julius Caesar right; comet with tail pointed upward above. RIC I 338. BMCRE 71. CBN 278. RSC 1. Very rare. Satiny surfaces with toning around devices.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 105 (10 May 2017), lot 792; Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 84 (20 May 2015), lot 1729.
The laureate male head on the reverse little resembles lifetime coin portraits of Julius Caesar, but the presence of the "Julian comet" above his head leaves little doubt as to the identity of the portrait. As Augustus was celebrating the commencement of a "New Age" with the Saecular Games of 17 BC, it is likely the elder Caesar is shown as "rejuvenated" (literally "made young again") to mark the occasion.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD
Augustus (27 BC-AD 14). AR denarius (19mm, 3.72 gm, 6h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 3/5, lt graffito. Rome, 17 BC, M. Sanquinius, moneyer. AVGVSTVS-DIVI F, bare head of Augustus right / M • SANQVI-NIVS • III • VIR, laureate, youthful head of the deified and rejuvenated Julius Caesar right; comet with tail pointed upward above. RIC I 338. BMCRE 71. CBN 278. RSC 1. Very rare. Satiny surfaces with toning around devices.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 105 (10 May 2017), lot 792; Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 84 (20 May 2015), lot 1729.
The laureate male head on the reverse little resembles lifetime coin portraits of Julius Caesar, but the presence of the "Julian comet" above his head leaves little doubt as to the identity of the portrait. As Augustus was celebrating the commencement of a "New Age" with the Saecular Games of 17 BC, it is likely the elder Caesar is shown as "rejuvenated" (literally "made young again") to mark the occasion.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD