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Reproduced with the kind permission of numismatica ars classica nac ag, auction 31, lot 13. this gold coin called aureus (lat. aureus – “golden”) was struck in 19 bc in rome by marcus durmius, a minter of the emperor caesar augustus (63 bc – ad 14). it is commonly placed by numismatists at r4 level on the sheldon rarity scale, which compris