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ID:     27-0275
Type:     Roman Republican
Issuer:     L. Livineius Regulus and M. Aemilius Lepidus
Date Ruled:     BC
Metal:     Gold
Denomination:     Aureus
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     42 BC
Diameter:     22 mm
Weight:     8.03 g
Obverse Legend:     M·LEPIDVS·III·VIR·R·P·C
Obverse Description:     Bare head of Lepidus right, around M·LEPIDVS·III·VIR·R·P·C
Reverse Legend:     L·REGVLVS – IIII VIR·A·P·F
Reverse Description:     The Vestal Aemilia standing left, holding simpulum and sceptre; behind L·REGVLVS, before IIII VIR·A·P·F
Mint:     Rome
Primary Reference:     Crawford 494/1
Reference2:     Bahrfeldt 47.4 (this coin)
Reference3:     Syd 1105
Reference4:     B. Livineia 7 and Aemilia 36
Photograph Credit:     Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
Source:     http://arsclassicacoins.com
Grade:     gVF
Notes:     NAC Auction 27 (2004), lot 275. Ex Rollin & Feuardent 1887, Ponton d’ Amécourt, 36; Rollin & Feuardent 1896, Montagu, 50; J. Hirsch 1909, A.J. Evans, 8; Ars Classica 18, 1938, 28 and Glendinig 1956, Ryan, 1581 sales. Extremely rare, only two specimens in private hands.