Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Cistophorus (25mm, 11.45 g, 12h)

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Cistophorus (25mm, 11.45 g, 12h). Pergamum mint. Struck 27-26 BC. IMP • CAESAR, bare head left; lituus to left / AVGV STVS across field, six stalks of grain tied in a bundle. RIC I 491; Sutherland Group IIIγ, – (O6/R– [unlisted rev. die]); RPC I 2206; RSC 32c; BMCRE 700 = BMCRR East 288; cf. BN 952. Light roughness and marks, flan flaw and slight die shift on reverse. VF. Very rare with head left, seven examples cited in RPC, only three in CoinArchives.