Augustus.
27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.76 g, 9h). Rome mint; L. Mescinius Rufus, moneyer. Struck 16 BC. CAESAR • AVG[V ST]VS • TR • POT, laureate head right / L • MESCINIVS • RVFVS III VIR, cippus inscribed IMP/ CAES/ AVG/ LVD/ SAEC in five lines; XV SF across field. RIC I 355; RSC 461; BMCRE –; BN 339. Good VF, toned, minor marks, areas of light porosty. Very rare.
From the V. Robert Chiodo Collection. Ex Frank Kovacs Collection, acquired from John Jencek, January 2010.
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