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RIC 540 of Caius And Lucius

Caius Caesar Denarius. CAESAR, young head right within oak wreath / AVG-VST, candelabrum ornamented with rams' heads & surmounted by crescent, within wreath entwined with bucrania & paterae. RSC 2.

Lot No.8034. nVF and a controversial coin.

$ 550.

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Henri Cohen attributed the portrait on this coin to Caius, Augustus' adoptive heir. The authors of RIC Volume I rejected this, calling it a coin of Augustus, but David Sear asserts that Cohen was, after all, correct. He notes that the features of the young head bear little resemblance to earlier portraits of Octavian/Augustus, and that the title CAESAR under the image seems to refer to the young heir, while the name AVGVSTVS is relegated to the reverse. Also, the timing of the issue, the same year which saw the birth of Caius' brother Lucius and the adoption of both by Augustus, favors an identification as Caius.

Ex Freeman and Sear, with their ticket.

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