Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1344. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004. Sold For $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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DIVUS AUGUSTUS. Died 14 AD. Æ Sestertius (25.18 gm). Thracian mint. Restitution issue struck under Titus, 80-81 AD. Augustus, radiate, seated left, holding laurel-branch over lighted altar, and sceptre / REST above large S C; legend around. RIC II 184 (Titus); Komnick Type 1.0, 5 (V1/R5); RPC II 511; BMCRE 261 (Titus) var. (chair); Cohen 548. VF, green and brown patina, orichalcum visible at high points, some tooling. ($500)
From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex W.D. Ferguson Collection (Seaby Coin and Metal Bulletin 507, August 1960), no. 115.