AUGUSTUS; 27 BC-14 AD, Denarius, Rome, Moneyer M. Durmius, 18 BC
BM-59, Paris-205,

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27 BC-14 AD, Denarius, Rome, Moneyer M. Durmius, 18 BC, BM-59, Paris-
205, RIC-314 (R3). 
Obv: M DVRMIVS III VIR Diademed bust of youthful Hercules r., 
lionskin tied on neck and club over shoulder. 
Rev: CAESAR AVGVSTVS SIGN R[EC]E Bearded Parthian soldier 
kneeling r. holding out standard in r. hand and extending l. arm 
in submissive gesture.
VF
Extremely rare, probably only the ninth specimen recorded. 
Babelon in his work of the Lawrence collection misdescribed 
it as an aureus. A specimen in Berlin, is from the same dies 
as BM-59 but is plated so probably an ancient forgery. See
Banti-Simonetti, Corpus Nummorum Romanorum II, pp. 284-5 for illustrations of six specimens.

Auction started:  08/09/2000 11:58:32 PDT