342, Lot: 507. Estimate $300. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ Dupondius (27mm, 12.19 g, 12h). Rome mint; C. Asinius Gallus, triumvir monetalis. Struck 16 BC. AVGVSTVS/TRIBVNIC/POTEST in three lines within laurel wreath / C • ASINIVS • GALLVS • III • VIR • A • A • A • F • F • around large S • C. RIC I 372; Martini, Augustus 426-35; BMCRE 158-9 corr. (laurel wreath, not oak wreath) = BMCRR Rome 4495-6; BN 380-1. Good VF, handsome dark green patina, earthen deposits.

From the RAM Collection.