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Auction: 20154 - Spink Numismatic Circular 5 - Part 2 - The Peter Stagnetto Collection of Ancient Coins and Other Properties
Lot: 1866

(x) Augustus (27 BC - 14 AD), AV Aureus, 7.84g, 8h, Uncertain Spanish mint [Colonia Patricia (?)], struck c. 18 BC, CAESARI AVGVSTO, imposing laureate head right, rev. ornamented quadriga right, containing legionary eagle surmounted by four miniature galloping horses, S.P.Q.R. in exergue (BMC 390 var.; Calicó 275a; RIC² 107a), delightfully centred and of competent artistic style, a pleasing very fine, very rare

Provenance
The Peter Stagnetto Collection of Ancient Coins

Spink Numismatic Circular, February 2001, RM0102 - £4,200



NGC Extremely Fine (#5880397-015). Strike 5/5. Surface 4/5.

https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/5880397-015/NGCAncients/



The reverse design alludes to the restoration by Augustus to the Roman People, the insigniae lost by Crassus and Marcus Antonius in 53 BC via the Parthian king Phraates IV.

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Starting price
£5000