Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 558. Estimate $1000. Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008. Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BYZACIUM, Hadrumentum. Augustus, with Caius and Lucius Caesars. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ “Sestertius” (35mm, 25.30 g, 1h). P. Quinctilius Varus, proconsul. Struck 8-7 BC. [HA]DR AVG[VSTVS], bare head of Augustus right; [lituus at point of bust]; c/m: QYR in neo-Punic in incuse square / L • CAE F above, C [•] CAE F below, bare heads of Caius and Lucius Caesars vis-à-vis. For coin: RPC I 775.5; MAA 86; Müller,
Afrique 32; SNG Copenhagen -; for c/m: Howgego 697. Near VF, black-green and brick-red patina.
From the Patrick Villemur Collection.