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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3232972, member: 56859&quot;]It would be quite a coup if it were real (I&#039;m assuming it&#039;s a modern copy-&nbsp; I could be wrong; I&#039;d love to be wrong <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).</p><p><br /></p><p>Edited images for ease of study:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]844755[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=337492" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=337492" rel="nofollow">From CNG&#039;s archives</a>, an electrotype of the type:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/3980750.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>398, Lot: 750.</b> Estimate $150.</p><p>Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>ROMAN IMPERIAL. Augustus. </b>27 BC-AD 14. “AR Denarius” (19mm, 3.01 g, 12h). Unsigned British Museum <b>electrotype</b> by Robert Ready or his sons. Rome mint; L. Mescinius Rufus, moneyer. Struck 16 BC. <i>Imago clipeata</i> of Augustus, bareheaded three-quarters right, within laurel-wreath / Mars, holding spear and parazonium, standing left on low pedestal inscribed S • P • Q • R/ V • PR RE/ CAES in three lines. Cf. PCR 333 (for original). As made, toned.</p><p><br /></p><p>Two more examples from CNG, both authentic (not electrotypes):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/3800480.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>380, Lot: 480.</b> Estimate $500.</p><p>Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Augustus. </b>27 BC-AD 14. AR Augustus (3.35 g). Rome mint; L. Mescinius Rufus, moneyer. Struck 16 BC. <i>Imago clipeata</i> of Augustus, bareheaded three-quarters right, within laurel-wreath / Mars standing left on inscribed pedestal, holding spear and parazonium. RIC I 356; cf. RSC 465-465a-b. Fine, toned, porous surfaces. Very rare.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Morton &amp; Eden 68 (11 June 2014), lot 109; Found near Lichfield in Staffordshire, September 2005, PAS reference no. WMID-9BED85</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/2860313.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><b>286, Lot: 313.</b> Estimate $300.</p><p>Sold for $625. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Augustus. </b>27 BC-AD 14. Fourrée Denarius (17mm, 2.95 g, 9h). Imitating a Rome mint issue of 16 BC. L. Mescinius Rufus, moneyer. Bare head of Augustus facing slightly right, within oak wreath / Mars, wearing crested helmet, naked except for a cloak falling over his right arm, standing left on low pedestal, holding spear in right hand and parazonium in left; S P Q R/V PR RE/CAES in three lines on pedestal. Cf. RIC I 356/351 (obv. /rev.); cf. RSC 465/463a (obv./rev.). Good Fine, darkly toned, a few breaks in the plating. Very rare and interesting.</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><i>From the R. D. Frederick Collection.</i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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