Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1556. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BYZACIUM, Leptis Minor. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ As (7.99 g, 10h). Struck AD 10. Bare head of Augustus left / Draped bust of Mercury left, wearing winged petasus; winged caduceus to right, A below. RPC 790; MAA 75; SNG Copenhagen -. Near VF, black-green patina with green overtones, light overall roughness. Rare.

From the Patrick Villemur Collection.