AUGUSTUS. 27 BC-14 AD. AV Aureus (7.68 gm). Struck 16 BC. L. Mescinius 
      Rufus, moneyer. IMP CAESAR TR POT IIX, laureate head right / L 
      ME-SCI-NIVS, AVG SVF P in exergue, Augustsus seated left on stool on 
      platform inscribed LVD S, giving suffimenta to one of two togate figures. 
      RIC I 350 (same dies); BMCRE 85 (same dies); BN 330 (same dies); Barhfeldt 
      187 (same dies); Cohen 466. 

      Extremely rare, four known, two of which are in museum collections. 
      ($5000) 

Triton V Sale, 16 Jan 2002, lot 1857.
Lot sold for $4200, plus buyers fees.

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