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Classical Numismatic Group > Mail Bid Sale 69Auction 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.