AUGUSTUS AE28 Sestertius (27.05mm/15.6gm) Thick Flan $29.95 September 10, 2006 Seller inclinatioroma Estimate: US$ 25 AUGUSTUS (27 BC-14 AD) AE28 Sestertius (27.05mm/15.6gm). Diademed head right/Helmeted Sphinx advancing right SGI 15. Irregular flan. Very Fine/Fine, untouched desert patina. Thick flan at 4.12 mm in width. Late style and most attractive in hand. NOTE: Many of these issues were struck before the time of Augustus, with a portrait resembling Augustus, so it is possible that this portrait is not of the first Emperor.