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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;akeady, post: 8071375, member: 83175&quot;]Well done on making a dream come true!&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s a very nice aureus too.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have any aurei of Augustus - I&#039;d like one, but so far just silver and a bronze or two.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, I have this - Spain has issued some non circulating legal tender coins reproducing ancient (and mediaeval) coins and this one reproduces BMC 317, minted in Caesar Augusta (modern-day Zaragoza).&nbsp;&nbsp; The original isn&#039;t in RIC but combines the reverses of RIC 26 &amp; RIC 29.</p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Espana_20E.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have a few ancient aurei, all battered to one degree or another.</p><p>This is also from CNG, like mikebell&#039;s above - an Indian imitative which I attribute as &quot;cf RIC 25, 31, 36, 40&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; It was less than $300 in 2010, even including buyer&#039;s premium.</p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_NeroAureus2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This was my first aureus - from Kunker in 2009.&nbsp;&nbsp; The type isn&#039;t in RIC - it should be under RIC 71, but that&#039;s only a denarius.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s in Calicó and Cohen and has a note in BMC.&nbsp;&nbsp; Calicó 444, BMC 98 note.</p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_NeroAureus.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nero and Temple of Janus - RIC 50.</p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_NeroAureusRIC50.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nero and Poppaea - RIC 44.</p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_NeroAureus_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And the only non-Nero aureus I have is this holed and repaired Probus - RIC 138.</p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Probus_aureus_RIC.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Probus_aureus_RIC_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>OK - resolution - you got a dream coin in 2021 - for 2022, I&#039;ll get a nice Roman Republican aureus.</p><p><br /></p><p>ATB,</p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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