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Auction 117  1 Oct 2019
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Lot 256

Estimate: 15 000 CHF
Price realized: 20 000 CHF
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Octavian as Augustus, 27 BC – 14 AD. Aureus, Lugdunum 8 BC, AV 8.01 g. AVGVSTVS – DIVI F Laureate head r. Rev. C CAES Caius Caesar galloping r., holding sword and shield in l. hand; behind, aquila between two standards. In exergue, AVGVST. C 39. Bahrfeldt 233. BMC 498. RIC 198. CBN 1459 (these dies). Calicó 174a.
Very rare and among the finest specimens in private hands. A gentle portrait
of fine style struck on a broad flan, extremely fine

Ex Lanz sale 112, 2002, 295.
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