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Dritto moneta Rovescio moneta
Dritto Rovescio
Lot # 344
Augustus ? (27 BC - 14 AD). AE As, Lugdunum mint(?). D/ Uncertain type; c/m: EX and (VAR) monogram. R/ [Altar of Lugdunum]. For c/m: cf. Grünwald p. 130; Cf. RIC I (2nd ed.) 233. AE. 6.18 g. 22 mm. An interesting countermark, probably linked to Publius Quinctilius Varus, a famous general of Augustus. His countermark appears almost exclusively on coins celebrating the altar of Lugdunum. F.