Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 563. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $325. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BYZACIUM, Thaena. Augustus or Tiberius. 27 BC-AD 37. Æ “Dupondius” (11.66 g, 6h). A. Vibius Habitus, proconsul. [T’YNT in neo-Punic in right field], draped bust of Serapis right / [P A VIB HABITI PROCOS], male bare head right. RPC I 810; MAA 55; Müller, Afrique -; SNG Copenhagen -. Fine, green patina with areas of lighter green and red. Extremely rare.

From the Patrick Villemur Collection.