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Triton XXIV 19-20 Jan 2021
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.79 g, 7h). Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Caesaraugusta?). Struck 19-18 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, head left, wearing oak wreath / DIVVS • IVLIVS across field, comet with eight rays and tail. RIC I 37b; RSC 97; BMCRE 326-7 = BMCRR Gaul 138-9; BN 1298-304. Lightly toned, minor deposits. Good VF.
From the JFL Collection. Ex Triton XX (10 January 2017), lot 625; Prideaux Collection (Triton XI, 8 January 2008), lot 731 (hammer $6250).
This denarius reflects Augustus' use of his coinage to convey a political message. The obverse shows him wearing the corona civica, an oak wreath awarded to an individual who had personally saved a citizen (in Augustus' case it was the citizen body of the Roman world). The reverse depicts the comet which made a continuous daylight appearance during July 44 BC, and was associated with the deification of Julius Caesar.
From the JFL Collection. Ex Triton XX (10 January 2017), lot 625; Prideaux Collection (Triton XI, 8 January 2008), lot 731 (hammer $6250).
This denarius reflects Augustus' use of his coinage to convey a political message. The obverse shows him wearing the corona civica, an oak wreath awarded to an individual who had personally saved a citizen (in Augustus' case it was the citizen body of the Roman world). The reverse depicts the comet which made a continuous daylight appearance during July 44 BC, and was associated with the deification of Julius Caesar.