Triton XVIII, Lot: 993. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. (18mm, 3.30 g, 4h). Rome mint. P. Petronius Turpilianus,
triumvir monetalis. Struck 19/8 BC. TVRPILIANVS • III VIR FE RON, draped bust of Feronia right, wearing stephane, above which is a row of berries, and pearl necklace; FER ON below bust / CAESAR AV GVSTVS SIGN RECE [•], bareheaded Parthian kneeling on right knee right, extending in right hand a standard, to which is attached a vexillum marked with X, and holding out left hand below left knee. RIC I 288; RSC 484; BMCRE 14/13 (obv./rev.); CRE Ashmolean 267; BN 129-32. EF, toned.
From the RAJ Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 39 (18 September 1996), lot 1270.