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Auction 33  30 January 2014
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Lot 103

Estimate: 100 USD
Price realized: 110 USD
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Divus Augustus. Died A.D. 14. Æ as. 10.86 gm. 29 mm. Rome mint. Struck under Tiberius, circa A.D. 22/23-30. Radiate head of Augustus left; DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER around / Altar-enclosure with double panelled door; S C flanking, PROVIDENT in exergue. RIC I 81 (Tiberius). SRC 1789. Near Very Fine; dark green patina. This is the facade of the "Ara Providentiae Augusti," the altar dedicated to the 'providence' of Augustus. Its site is uncertain, but it may have been located in the Campus Martius.
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