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A unique gold coin struck 2,000 years ago during the reign of Roman Empire founder Augustus Caesar has sold for a £480,000. The gold coin - called an aureus - was made between 27BC and 18BC and depicts a portrait of Augustus transformed into an ageless Apollo-like classical sculpture on one side. On its reverse is an image of a heifer based on a long-lost masterpiece by a Greek sculptor.


The well preserved coin, celebrates the power of the man who founded the Roman Empire and laid the foundations of a regime that lasted for centuries. Just 22 examples of the heifer-reverse aureus minted during the reign of Augustus are known to have survived, of which 15 are in museums...


 


...more at the Daily Mail


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Wow, not just a little out of my league.

 

Why the unusual picture of Augustus in the article? Am I missing something?

 

 

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guy also known as gaius

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Wow, not just a little out of my league.

 

Why the unusual picture of Augustus in the article? Am I missing something?

 

 

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guy also known as gaius

 

...is this even Augustus?

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It's the Daily Mail so I'm not surprised... 

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