Gemini III, January 9th, 2007, Lot 338 - Realized: US$350 

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, 
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 $350 [ $402.5, 311.1325 EUR, 205.275 GBP ] 

Re-used by permission of Harlan J Berk and Freeman & Sear