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AUGUSTUS, SESTERTIUS, (UNDER TIBERIUS)

£295.00

Code: 10280



Augustus Sestertius Struck under Tiberius AD 36-7
Obverse: DIVO AVGVSTO SPQR, team of four elephants drawing ornamented car left, surmounted by a seated statue of Augustus holding branch and sceptre
Reverse: legend around large S - C.
A rare type
* This type provided inspiration for another of Titus' sestertii isued in commemoration of the deified Vespasian
34 mm in diameter, 27.7 grams.