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Junk box find #2! Possible Augustus/Julius Caesar coin?

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Paid eight dollars for this piece. Found in a junk box with some other foreign coins. I could be wrong, but the portrait looks like a augustus to me. What do you guys think? The reverse contains a wreath, and with in the wreath are two words. They appear to read Divos/vlivs.

I should mention, at the coin is about the size of the United States half-dollar. It's also very thick and very heavy.
I'm not too familiar with ancient coins, but would you assume this is worth more than eight dollars? Can you confirm what type of coin this is?
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It looks like Donald Trump!
 
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Cru'dad;

''This time I have found an example (albeit imitation retrograde reverse legend). So a coin of Octavian from a local Italian mint

Meepzorp's Ancient Coins

Here is a Sestertius version on Wildwinds.

Octavian ? Sestertius. Southern Italian mint, 38 BC. DIVI ? F, bare & slightly bearded head right, star in field / DIVOS IVLIVS, two lines within wreath. Cr535/2, Syd 1336, RPC 621. * Sear RCV 1570 * WildWinds.com


This one is solved but the other is still a puzzle and now wondering whether a ‘Butting Bull’ right but legs, head etc are not consistent with that type either!''
 
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Arrow, what does your coin weigh in grams?
If the coin is really heavy, it could be a 'heavy' dupondius of over 20 grams.
"Augustus called himself DIVI FILIVS because, according to Suetonius (a Roman historian at that time), he was testamentarily appointed Caesar's heir."
Source:http://www.forumancientcoins.com/num...IVS%20DIVI%20F
Divos Ivlivs means the Devine Julius.
Don...
 
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Looking at this again, I'm thinking its a copy not the real deal.
 
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