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Coin Type: Holed base metal denarius of Augustus, 27 BCE - 14 CE. Mint and Date: Caesaraugusta (Spain), 27 BCE - 14 CE. Size and Weight: 20mm, 2.44g Obverse: CAESAR AVGVSTVS Oak-wreathed head of Augustus right. Reverse: DIVVS IVLIVS Eight-rayed comet, tail above. Provenance: mlb369mlb (eBay), July 2007. Ref: RCV (2000) 1607; RIC I 37a BW Ref: 008 054 113 |
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Note 1: Some silvering remains on the high points: the wreath, the comet's rays, some of the lettering, and other spots here and there. Note 2: An example of the same coin in silver, holed like this one, is here. |
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