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AUGUSTUS
AV Aureus (7.84 gm) Rome, 2 B.C. - (?) 4 A.D.
Laureate head of Augustus r. / Caius and Lucius Caesar. RIC 209.Clearly, Augustus' plan had been for one of his grandsons to succeed him, but Lucius died in 2 A.D., and Caius died in Lycia in 4 A.D.
Pleasant portrait.
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