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Sestertius of Augustus, Lugdunum

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Obv.: Laureate head of Augustus r.; around, CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE. Rev.: Front elevation of the Altar of Lyons, decorated with the corona civica between laurels, these flanked by nude male figures; to l. and r., Victories on columns facing each other; in exergue, ROM ET AVG.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The George Davis Chase Collection of Roman Coins Gift of George Davis Chase Professor of Classics and Dean of Graduate Study at the University of Maine
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Title: Sestertius of Augustus, Lugdunum
Description:
Obv.
: Laureate head of Augustus r.
; around, CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE.
Rev.
: Front elevation of the Altar of Lyons, decorated with the corona civica between laurels, these flanked by nude male figures; to l.
and r.
, Victories on columns facing each other; in exergue, ROM ET AVG.

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