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Auction: 3014 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 167

Augustus (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), AR Denarius, struck by L. Vinicius, 16 B.C., bare head right, AVGVSTVS TR POT VII, rev. L VINICIVS [L F III] VIR, cippus inscribed [SP]QR / [IMP] CAE / Q[V]OD V / M S EX / EA P Q IS / AD A D E (SPQR Imperatori Caesari Quod Viae Munitae Sunt Ex Ea Pecunia Quae Iussu Senatus Ad Aerarium Delata Est) (RIC 360; BMC 79; RSC 541), high point of head and part of legend at top of cippus not fully struck-up, toned, about very fine, rare Estimate £ 220-260 The reverse legend refers to the financing of the restoration of public roads by Augustus

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