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<p>[QUOTE="Bing, post: 6450772, member: 44132"]Not sure, but I think my best bargain had to come from this Augustus which I bought off a business associate while I was in Croatia several years ago. We were comparing our collections when I asked if he would like to sell one of his examples of this coin. He ended up agreeing to sell it to me for $20. I tried to offer more, but he insisted since we were working on a project together and he had several more in his collection. He said he discovered them all metal detecting at different times and places in Croatia. He lives in Pula which has major Roman ruins.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1256785[/ATTACH] </p><p>AUGUSTUS</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>OBVERSE: CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE. laureate head right</p><p>REVERSE: AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT, C L CAESARES below, Gaius & Lucius standing front with shields & spears; in field above, a simpulum & lituus (in "Pd" formation)</p><p>Lugdunum 4-2 BC</p><p>3.5g, 18mm</p><p>RIC 210</p><p><br /></p><p>Images from Pula</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1256775[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1256777[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1256784[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bing, post: 6450772, member: 44132"]Not sure, but I think my best bargain had to come from this Augustus which I bought off a business associate while I was in Croatia several years ago. We were comparing our collections when I asked if he would like to sell one of his examples of this coin. He ended up agreeing to sell it to me for $20. I tried to offer more, but he insisted since we were working on a project together and he had several more in his collection. He said he discovered them all metal detecting at different times and places in Croatia. He lives in Pula which has major Roman ruins. [ATTACH=full]1256785[/ATTACH] AUGUSTUS AR Denarius OBVERSE: CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE. laureate head right REVERSE: AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT, C L CAESARES below, Gaius & Lucius standing front with shields & spears; in field above, a simpulum & lituus (in "Pd" formation) Lugdunum 4-2 BC 3.5g, 18mm RIC 210 Images from Pula [ATTACH=full]1256775[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1256777[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1256784[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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