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Augustus (27 BC-AD 14). AV aureus (19mm, 7.91 gm, 7h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 2/5, Fine Style, scuffs. Lugdunum, 8 BC. AVGVSTVS-DIVI•F, laureate head of Augustus right / C•CAES / AVGVS•F, Gaius Caesar on horse leaping right, reins in right hand, sword and shield in left; aquila between two standards in background. RIC I 198. Calicó 174. Excellent, Fine Style portrait. Far more attractive than typical examples.
From the Monaco Collection. Ex Peter J. Merani Collection (Triton XXIV, 19 January 2021), lot 90
In 8 BC, Augustus introduced his twelve-year-old grandson and adopted son Gaius Caesar to the Roman army in Gaul. The bulla around Gaius' neck signifies that he was still a child and had not yet assumed the toga of manhood (J. Pollini, Gaius Caesar on horseback, Museum Notes 30, 1985).
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Estimate: 5000-7000 USD
Augustus (27 BC-AD 14). AV aureus (19mm, 7.91 gm, 7h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 2/5, Fine Style, scuffs. Lugdunum, 8 BC. AVGVSTVS-DIVI•F, laureate head of Augustus right / C•CAES / AVGVS•F, Gaius Caesar on horse leaping right, reins in right hand, sword and shield in left; aquila between two standards in background. RIC I 198. Calicó 174. Excellent, Fine Style portrait. Far more attractive than typical examples.
From the Monaco Collection. Ex Peter J. Merani Collection (Triton XXIV, 19 January 2021), lot 90
In 8 BC, Augustus introduced his twelve-year-old grandson and adopted son Gaius Caesar to the Roman army in Gaul. The bulla around Gaius' neck signifies that he was still a child and had not yet assumed the toga of manhood (J. Pollini, Gaius Caesar on horseback, Museum Notes 30, 1985).
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/ancients-augustus-27-bc-ad-14-av-aureus-19mm-791-gm-7h-ngc-choice-xf-5-5-2-5-fine-style-scuffs/a/3094-32011.s?type=CoinArchives3094
HID02906262019
© 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 5000-7000 USD