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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 24892742, member: 87809&quot;]Your Augustus As was struck in Rome, 6 BC. Lucius Valerius Messalla Volusus was&nbsp; moneyer under Augustus in 6 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>Valerius Messalla was a Roman senator, Consul in 5 AD, who flourished under the reign of Augustus. Subsequently he was proconsul of the Roman province Asia, where his cruelties drew on him the anger of Augustus. A condemnatory decree from the senate found him guilty. Although it has yet to be discovered if this is accurate, Augustus wrote about the fall of Lucius Valerius in his book, De Voleso Messala.</p><p><br /></p><p>Same issue as this one:</p><p>Rome, 6 BC</p><p>26x27 mm, 9.908 g</p><p>RIC² 441; CBN 738; BMCRE 241-242; </p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: CAESAR•AVGVST•PONT MAX•TRIBVNIC•POT bare head right</p><p>Rev.: VOLVSVS VALER•MESSAL•IIIVIR•A•A•A•F F around large S•C</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1599134[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1599135[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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