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Aureus with head of Augustus

Roman
Imperial Period
about 2 B.C.–A.D. 4
Mint: Lugdunum

Medium/Technique Gold
Dimensions Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 7.88 gm. Die Axis: 5
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1975.762
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Laureate head of Augustus to right.
CAESARAVGVSTVS DIVIFPATERPATRIAE
Reverse: Gaius Caesar and Lucius Caesar standing holding shields, with spears behind.
Between, simpulum and lituus.
AVGVSTIFCOSDESIGPRINCIVVENT
In exergue: CLCAESARES
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA, June 11, 1975, as Apparatus (reassigned to the Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Zoë Wilbour, March 10, 1976)