Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1545. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BYZACIUM, Hadrumentum. Augustus, with Divus Julius Caesar. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ Sestertius (22.74 g, 6h). Struck 12-8 BC. Bare head of Augustus right; to left, apex right / Bare head of Divus Julius left; lituus to left, six-rayed star to right; c/m: QYR in neo-Punic in incuse rectangle. RPC 771.2 (this coin); MAA 79; SNG Copenhagen -; for c/m: Howgego 697. Fair, brown patina.

From the Patrick Villemur Collection.