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A silver denarius of Augustus showing the temple of Mars Ultor Coin Type: Silver denarius of Augustus, 27 BCE - 14 CE.
Mint and Date: Colonia Patricia (Córdoba), 19 BCE - 18 CE.
Size and Weight: 16mm x 17mm, 3.60g
Obverse: CAESARI AVGVSTO
Laureate head right.
Reverse: MAR VLT
Domed hexastyle temple of Mars Ultor, containing legionary eagle between two standards.
Provenance: martin422 (214) (eBay), August 2007. Found by a detectorist near Driffield, East Yorkshire, about September 2004.
Ref: RCV (2000) 1623; RIC I 105a
BW Ref: 010 034 114
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