Gemini III, January 9th, 2007



Lot # 338 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$300 / Price 
Realized: US$350 
Augustus. Copper as 



             



            Augustus. (27 BC-14 AD). Copper as (8.57 gm). Byzacene, Leptis 
            Minor, 10 AD. IMP C D A P M P P, bare head of Augustus left / 
            ĖEŠTIC, draped bust of Mercury left, wearing winged cap and holding 
            winged caduceus, A below. RPC 790 (citing two specimens in Paris and 
            Berlin), pl. 45 (same dies). Extremely rare. Fine. 

            RPC records only fourteen known coins of Leptis Minor, spread over 
            eight types in three issues, all under Augustus. These are all 
            bilingual and bear the value marks A, B and D for one, two and four 
            asses. 




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  ... Lot 338 sold for high bid of $350 [ $402.5, or approx 311.1325 EUR, 205.275 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] 


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