Gemini III, January 9th, 2007



                  Lot # 327 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$750 / Price 
                  Realized: US$1300 
                  Augustus. Silver denarius 



             



            Augustus. (27 BC-14 AD). Silver denarius (3.63 gm). Spain, c. 19-18 
            BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head right / Round shield inscribed S P Q 
            R / CL V in two lines. BMCRE 333. CBN 1312, Pl. LII (same dies). 
            Cohen 294 (5 Fr.). RIC 42a. Small banker's mark on obverse. Good 
            very fine. 

            In 27 BC, as Augustus reports in his Res Gestae, the Senate decreed 
            that the so-called Clupeus Virtutis, a golden shield with an 
            inscription honoring Augustus’ courage, mercy, rectitude and sense 
            of duty, should be set up in the Senate chamber. 




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  ... Lot 327 sold for high bid of $1300 [ $1495, or approx 1155.635 EUR, 762.45 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] 


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