Classical Numismatic Group > Mail Bid Sale 69 | Auction date: 8 June 2005 |
Lot number: 1309 | |
Lot description: BYZACENE, Hadrumentum. Fabius Africanus, Proconsul.6-5 BC. Æ 24mm (6.88 gm, 6h). Estimate $500 BYZACENE, Hadrumentum. Fabius Africanus, Proconsul. 6-5 BC. Æ 24mm (6.88 gm, 6h). Bare head right / C LIVIN GALLVS Q PRO PR, elephant advancing left, trampling serpent. RPC I 781; MAA 92; SNG Copenhagen 66. VF, heavy brown and green patina. Rare. ($500) From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. The reverse of this coin is based on the famous denarius of Julius Caesar, struck over four decades earlier. |