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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2282574, member: 56859&quot;]Very nice, Z!&nbsp; Pegasus is always desirable <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Augustus is still a big hole in my collection, with only a sestertius in terrible condition (received that way, part of a large mixed lot) and another poor-condition COL-NEM.&nbsp; Considering his importance to history, I should buy several good Octavian/Augustus coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the sestertius:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_ce72452805774026b62e5efe087fef6a.jpg/v1/fit/w_800,h_400,q_75/ae43f8_ce72452805774026b62e5efe087fef6a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Augustus, 27 BC-CE 14</b></p><p><b>moneyer C. Asinius Gallus, struck 16 BC, Rome.</b></p><p>orichalcum sestertius, 33 mm, 20.9 gm</p><p>Obv: OB CIVIS SERVATOS; wreath (CIVIS within wreath)</p><p>Rev: C ASINIVS C F GALLVS IIIVIR AAAFF around large SC</p><p>Ref: RIC I 370</p><p><br /></p><p>I picked up two ex-McCabe Republican denarii in the same auction as your new Augustus and still haven&#039;t received them.&nbsp; As usual, the auction house took a long time to get them in the mail and then they were sent to the wrong country by postal sorting error <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; Maybe I&#039;ll receive them before Christmas.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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