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A fourée denarius of Augustus showing a comet 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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