Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1088. Closing Date: Jan 
      10, 2005. Sold For $50000 

    AUGUSTUS. 27 BC-14 AD. AV Aureus (8.02 gm, 6h). 
    Uncertain (Eastern?) mint. CAESAR behind head, 
    bare head right / AVGVSTVS above, heifer, with 
    head lowered, advancing left. RIC I 538; BMCRE 
    659=Bahrfeldt 137/6 (same dies); BN pg. 157 
    (dD/R5); cf. Kent & Hirmer 127 (same reverse die); 
    Calicó 168; Cohen 26. EF. Of high artistic merit 
    and very rare, the second known of this die 
    pairing. ($50,000)

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