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AUGUSTUS SILVER CISTOPHORUS

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Code: 10430



Octavian, as Augustus 27 BC – 14 AD 
Silver Cistophoric tetradrachm (= 3 denarii)
Pergamum (?) mint 27-26 BC
Obverse: IMP·CAESAR, Bare head facing right, lituus before. 
Reverse: AVGVSTVS, Capricorn moving to right, with its head turned back to left with cornucopiae; all within a laurel wreath tied at the bottom. 
RPC 2211.
11.7 grams, 26 mm in diameter.
Very fine/good very fine, struck on good metal with a pleasing old cabinet tone.