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| Augustus (27 BC-AD 14) Æ As / Varus Countermark |
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Attribution: RIC I 230 Rome; Martini Pangerl Counterstamp Collection 38
Date: 10-7 BC
Obverse: CAESAR PONT MAX, laureate head right, unusual countermark: large wheel within circular punch applied over VAR countermark
Reverse: ROM ET AVG, altar of Lugdunum flanked to left and right by Victories on columns facing one another
Size: 27.09mm
Weight: 10.95 grams
Rarity:  6
Description: nearing VF. These two counterstamps are generally applied to opposites sides of the coin, however, it appears as if the wheel counterstamp was applied over the VAR counterstamp. Publius Quinctilius Varus, Roman General under Augustus and governor of Germania, was defeated in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in AD 9, where the Roman army was ambushed by Germanic tribes led by Arminius, a chiefton with Roman military training. Legions XVII, XVIII and XIX were decimated and Varus committed suicide before he could be captured alive.
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