Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 575. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MAURETANIA, Roman Province. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ 25mm (6.81 g, 11h). Iol/Cherchel mint. IMP CAESAR, bare head of Augustus right / DIVI F, head of Africa right, wearing elephant skin headdress. RPC I 878; MAA 65; Mazard 122; SNG Copenhagen 543. VF, black-green patina with light green overtones, light overall roughness. Extremely rare.

From the Patrick Villemur Collection. Ex Christie’s (26 February 1991), lot 429 (part of).