A very rare aureus of Augustus
Lot 162
Augustus, 27 BC-AD 14. Aureus (Gold, 22 mm, 7.92 g, 6 h), uncertain mint in Spain (Caesaraugusta?), circa 19-18 BC. CAESAR / AVGVSTVS Two laurel branches. Rev. OB / CIVIS / SERVATOS in three lines within oak-wreath. BMC 317. Calicó 249. Cohen 206. RIC -, but cf. RIC 1st ed. 249. Very rare. Perfectly centered and unusually attractive for this difficult issue. Minor nicks and with a banker's mark on the obverse, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.

From the collection of Yves Gunzenreiner.
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5000 CHF
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