Augustus, with Divus Julius Caesar. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.62 g, 5h). Rome mint; M. Sanquinius, moneyer. Struck 17 BC. AVGVSTVS DIVI • F, bare head of Augustus right / M • SANQVI NIVS • III • VIR, youthful, laureate head of deified Julius Caesar right; above, a comet with four rays and a tail. RIC I 338; RSC 1 (Julius Caesar and Augustus); BMCRE 71-3 = BMCRR Rome 4585-7; BN 279. Darkly toned, a few scratches under tone. Good VF. Rare. Ex Grand Haven Collection (Triton XXIV, 20 January 2021); Kallman Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 389, 18 January 2017), lot 578; Gorny & Mosch 164 (17 March 2008), lot 357; Giessener Münzhandlung 89 (5 May 1998), lot 393.
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