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Rome. Romulus Augustus, 475-476 AD. Gold Solidus

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:20,000.00 USD Estimated At:40,000.00 - 45,000.00 USD
Rome. Romulus Augustus, 475-476 AD. Gold Solidus
<Our item number 115801><B>Rome. Romulus Augustus, 475-476 AD. Gold Solidus &#40;4.47 g&#41;, Rome mint.</B> Diademed, helmeted bust three-quarters frontal and holding spear, with elaborate cuirass, and shield decorated with rider over fallen enemy; D N ROMVLVS A - VGVSTVS P F AVG. <I>Reverse</I>: Victory standing left, holding long jeweled cross; VICTORI - A AVGGG:, COIIOB below; R M in field. RIC 3404; Lacam 9; C. 3. Nicely centered and solidly struck, with a few trivial dirt encrustations remaining. Extremely rare. Certainly among the finest known. <B>NGC graded About Uncirculated.</B> <BR><BR>The last emperor of the West. While one of his names, &#34;Augustulus,&#34; recollects the first real emperor of Rome, it is a fitting close, five hundred years later, to this long chapter of Western Civilization. Are we today suffering the same pitfalls that beset Rome; are we learning from these testaments and the times which produced them? <BR>Estimated Value &#36;40,000 - 45,000. <I><BR>Illustrated in <B>Money of the World</B><I>, coin 57.</I> <BR><BR>Our item number 115801<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/47jpegs/115801.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/47jpegs/115801N2.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>