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Lot # 462
Augustus (27 BC - 14 AD) . AR Denarius, Rome mint, P. Petronius Turpilianus moneyer. Obv. P. PETRON. TVRPILIAN III. VIR. FERO. Diademed and draped bust of Feronia right. Rev. Augustus in biga of elephants advancing left, holding laurel branch and sceptre; AVGVSTVS above; CAESAR in exergue. RIC I (2nd ed.) 384; C. 484. AR. 3.64 g. 19.50 mm. R. Rare. A pleasant example, struck on a broad flan, brilliant and lightly toned. Good VF/VF.
Ex NAC I (19th May 1999), lot 1638.