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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Justin Lee, post: 3552297, member: 87404&quot;]Congrats on your new Caligula!! It looks great!!</p><p><br /></p><p>This one, my #1 in 2018, was my most expensive coin so far:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/collagemaker_20181219_230423053-jpg.862545/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Augustus, AR Denarius,</b></p><p><b>Struck 19-18 AD, Uncertain mint in Spain, possibly Colonia Caesaraugusta.</b></p><p><b>Obverse</b>: CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head right.</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: OB CIVIS / SERVATOS, oak wreath with ties upward.</p><p><b>References</b>: RIC I 40a</p><p><b>Size</b>: 17mm, 3.68g</p><p><b>Ex</b>: AMCC Auction 1, lot #166 (12-1-2018); </p><p><b>Ex</b>: Severus Alexander collection</p><p><b>Notes</b>: Banker’s mark (“F”) in left field of obverse,traces of gilding and mount (12 o’clock on obverse). </p><p><i><font size="3">The reverse depicts the oak wreath, the Corona Civica, awarded to Augustus by the Senate for having saved the Republic. (Somewhat ironic!) At the time of issue, Augustus was pursuing vigorous military policy in Spain; in 19 BCE the Cantabrians, from the northernmost coast, were brought under Roman control. 18 BCE saw the first of Augustus’s infamous moral laws, the Leges Iuliae.</font></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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