380, Lot: 480. Estimate $500. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Augustus (3.35 g). Rome mint; L. Mescinius Rufus, moneyer. Struck 16 BC.
Imago clipeata of Augustus, bareheaded three-quarters right, within laurel-wreath / Mars standing left on inscribed pedestal, holding spear and parazonium. RIC I 356; cf. RSC 465-465a-b. Fine, toned, porous surfaces. Very rare.
From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Morton & Eden 68 (11 June 2014), lot 109; Found near Lichfield in Staffordshire, September 2005, PAS reference no. WMID-9BED85.