Augustus 27 BC-AD 14 ROMAN Aureus NGC XF45 Finestyle

Augustus AV Aureus. Lugdunum, 14-2 BC. AVGVSTVS DIVI F, bare head right / Bull charging right, left forefoot raised, IMP X in exergue. RIC 166a; BMC 450; Calicó 212. 7.85g, 20mm, 3h. Good Extremely Fine. Very Rare. The charging bull or heifer is a reference from the famous type of Thurium, a city to which the Octavian family had a connection: Suetonius relates that Gaius Octavius, Augustus’ father, defeated a Spartacist army near the town. Due to the high regard in which the family was held in the town Augustus was granted the surname Thurinus, and thus the type has a primarily personal illusion to him. Ex Bolla Collection, Tkalec Auction, 28 February 2007, lot 6; Privately purchased from Ratto in 1961.

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