Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1541. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRTICA, Sabratha. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ Dupondius (14.23 g, 6h). MN-ṢY, magistrate. Laureate head of Ba’al-Melqart right / Bare head of Augustus right; lituus to right; all within laurel wreath. RPC 813; SNG Copenhagen 37. VF, brown patina, scratches. Rare.

From the Richard Prideaux Collection of Augustus. Ex Spink Geneva & Galerie des Monnaies (15 February 1977), lot 235.