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| Augustus (27 BC-AD 14). M. Sanquinius, moneyer AR/Æ Fourrée Denarius / Portrait of Deified Julius Caesar |
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Attribution: RIC I 340; RSC (Julius Caesar) 6 Rome
Date: 17 BC
Obverse: M SANQVINIVS IIIVIR, laureate head of the deified Julius Caesar right; comet with four rays above
Reverse: AVGVST DIVI F LVDOS SAE, herald of the Secular Games standing to left, holding caduceus in right hand and shield with star on its boss in left
Size: 18.20mm
Weight: 2.89 grams
Rarity:  7
Description: VF, Rare. A choice example of this contemporary counterfeit of a rare type for the deified Julius Caesar with the portrait of Julius Caesar! Emperor Augustus held the Ludi Saeculares (Secular Games) in 17 BC to mark a new golden age for Rome.
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