Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1257. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUGUSTUS. 27 BC-14 AD. Æ Dupondius (14.21 gm). Rome mint. Struck 16 BC. C. Asinius Gallus, moneyer. AVGVSTVS/TRIBVNIC/POTEST in three lines across field; all within laurel wreath / Legend around large S C. RIC I 372; BMCRE 159; Cohen 368. VF, brown patina with orichalcum highlights. ($200)

From the Tony Hardy Collection.

T. Asinius Gallus was the son of the distinguished orator and historian, C. Asinius Pollio. In 8 BC he became consul ordinarius and in 6-5 BC was proconsul of Asia. Tacitus claimed he earned the enmity of Tiberius by marrying the emperor's ex-wife, Vipsania. Implicated by Sejanus in 30 AD as Agrippina Senior's lover, he was arrested and died of starvation after three years in custody.