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ID:     721210
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Roman Provincial
Region:     UNCERTAIN PROVINCIAL MINTS
City:     Uncertain Asia Minor
Issuer:     Augustus
Date Ruled:     27 - 14 BC-AD
Metal:     Bronze
Date Struck:     circa 25 BC
Weight:     23.75 g
Die Axis:     1 h
Obverse Legend:     AVGVSTVS
Obverse Description:     Bare head right
Reverse Legend:     C A
Reverse Description:     Large C A within laurel wreath framed by double-pelleted border
Primary Reference:     RPC I 2233
Reference2:     C. Howgego, "Coinage and Military Finance: the Imperial Bronze Coinage of the Augustan East," NC 1982, Class 2a
Reference3:     RIC 501
Reference4:     SNG Cop -; SNG VA 6671
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=84978
Grade:     Near VF, dusty green patina, minor areas of roughness
Notes:     Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1210 Popular as a "portrait sestertius" of Augustus. From the Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection.