Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1310. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BYZACENE, Leptis Minus. Augustus. 27 BC-14 AD. Æ As (8.56 gm, 11h). Struck 10 AD. Bare head of Augustus left / Draped bust of Mercury left, wearing petasus and holding winged caduceus; A below. RPC I 790; MAA 75; SNG Copenhagen -. VF, dark brown patina. Extremely rare, possibly the third known specimen, and the only one in private hands. ($300)