Calicó Plate Coin

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 724. Estimate $10000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $10000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AV Aureus (7.83 g, 7h). Spanish mint - Emerita. Struck 19-18 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, two laurel branches to either side / OB CIVIS SERVATOS in three lines, wreath surrounding legend. Cf. RIC I 26 and 29 (mule of reverses, listed in original RIC I as 249); Calicó 249 (this coin illustrated); BMCRE 317 = BMCRR Gaul 147; BN 1280-1; Biaggi 126 (this coin). Good VF. Very rare.

Ex Biaggi Collection, 126.