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<p>[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 3222767, member: 87809"]And two victories on the columns of Ara Trium Galliarum. </p><p>AE As, 24 x 26 mm, 9.91 g; Countermarks on the obverse and reverse, as well as banker cut. On the obverse, the countermark seems to be a radiate head of Helios, also known as a 'nailed helmet'. Sometimes this 'radiate' head is found struck twice on examples of Augustan sestertii. </p><p>Gallia, Lugdunum, ca. 15/10 BC</p><p>Reference: RIC 230; BMC.549-550. </p><p>Obverse: CAESAR PONT MAX laureate head of Augustus right</p><p>Reverse: ROM ET AVG altar of Lugdunum, front decorated with the corona civica between laurels and figures; flanked on each side by a Victory on a column raising a wreath and holding a palm frond; Countermark IMP AV/CN</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]839367[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]839368[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 3222767, member: 87809"]And two victories on the columns of Ara Trium Galliarum. AE As, 24 x 26 mm, 9.91 g; Countermarks on the obverse and reverse, as well as banker cut. On the obverse, the countermark seems to be a radiate head of Helios, also known as a 'nailed helmet'. Sometimes this 'radiate' head is found struck twice on examples of Augustan sestertii. Gallia, Lugdunum, ca. 15/10 BC Reference: RIC 230; BMC.549-550. Obverse: CAESAR PONT MAX laureate head of Augustus right Reverse: ROM ET AVG altar of Lugdunum, front decorated with the corona civica between laurels and figures; flanked on each side by a Victory on a column raising a wreath and holding a palm frond; Countermark IMP AV/CN [ATTACH=full]839367[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]839368[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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