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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
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
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
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)