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Augustus (27 BC-AD 14). AR denarius (18mm, 3.78 gm, 7h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5, bankers marks. 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 right between two standards in background. RIC I 199.
From the Robert S. Sloan Collection. Ex Ponterio, Auction 35, lot 191.
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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Augustus (27 BC-AD 14). AR denarius (18mm, 3.78 gm, 7h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5, bankers marks. 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 right between two standards in background. RIC I 199.
From the Robert S. Sloan Collection. Ex Ponterio, Auction 35, lot 191.
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-ar-denarius-18mm-378-gm-7h-ngc-choice-xf-5-5-3-5-bankers-marks/a/61316-22060.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61316-05142023
HID02906262019
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