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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     49-122      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Roman Imperial Issuer:     Augustus Date Ruled:     27 B.C. - A.D. 14 Metal:     Gold Denomination:     Aureus Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     BC 19 Weight:     7.79 g Obverse Legend:     CAESAR AVGVSTVS Obverse Description:     Bare head right Reverse Legend:     OB CIVIS / SERVATOS / S P Q R/CL V Reverse Description:     Shield, inscribed S P Q R / CL V, within oak wreath Mint:     Colonia Patricia Primary Reference:     RIC 078 Reference2:     BMC - Reference3:     C 214 Reference4:     CBN 1131; Calicó 255 (this coin); Biaggi 129 (this coin) Photograph Credit:     Numismatic Ars Classica NAC AG Source:     http://www.arsclassicacoins.com/ Price Sold For:     10500 Swiss Franc Date Sold:     10/21/08 Notes:     NAC Auction 49, Lot 122 Very rare. A very attractive reddish tone, fields somewhat tooled and altered, otherwise good very fine Ex Bourgey 18 December 1912, Cugnot, 52 and Glendining 19 July 1950, Platt Hall part I, 787 sales. Bahrfeldt considers this coin to be a copy. We, however, completely disagree with this opinion, even if we understand the reason that led Bahrfeldt to make this error; in fact both the obverse and the reverse field have been tooled thus giving the coin a rather unnatural appearance.

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