CNG 93, Lot: 780. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BITHYNIA, Uncertain mint. Augustus, with Julia Augusta (Livia). 27 BC-AD 14. Æ (31mm, 17.22 g, 12h). M. Granius Marcellus, proconsul of Bithynia. Struck circa July or August AD 14. Conjoined draped busts of Augustus and Julia Augusta (Livia) left / Julia Augusta (Livia) seated right, holding two cornucopias. RPC 2097; RG 38; FITA 145-6. VF, dark green patina. Excellent portrait coin. Extremely rare and possibly the finest known.

From Group CEM.