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Auction XXIII  24-25 Mar 2022
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Lot 832

Estimate: 3000 GBP
Price realized: 2400 GBP
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Divus Augustus Æ Dupondius. Rome, AD 37-41. DIVVS•AVGVSTVS, radiate head to left; large S-C across fields / CONSENSV • SENAT • ET • EQ • ORDIN • P • Q • R •, Augustus(?) or Caligula, laureate and togate, seated to left on curule chair, holding olive branch and globe. RIC I 56 (Gaius); C. 87; BMCRE 88 (Gaius); BN 137 (Gaius). 15.54g, 29mm, 6h.

Extremely Fine; a superb example of the type, and one of the very best to have been auctioned in recent years.

Ex Long Valley River Collection, Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XX, 29 October 2020, lot 534;
Ex Leu Numismatik AG, Auction 5, 27 October 2019, lot 321;
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XX, 10 January 2017, lot 644;
Ex Ars Classica S.A., Auction XVI, 3 July 1933, lot 1588 (expertly conserved since);
Ex M.P. Vautier & Prof. M. Collignon Collection, Naville & Cie., Auction II, 12-14 June 1922, lot 96.
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