Classical Numismatic Group > Mail Bid Sale 78 | Auction date: 14 May 2008 |
Lot number: 1553 | |
Lot description: BYZACIUM, Hadrumentum. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ “As” (6.64 g, 6h). Fabius Africanus, proconsul and septemvir epulonum; C. Livineius Gallus, quaestor propraetore. Struck 6-5 BC. Bare head of Fabius Africanus right / Elephant advancing left, trampling on serpent. RPC 781; MAA 92; SNG Copenhagen 66. Fine, black-green and olive patina. From the Patrick Villemur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XIX/3 (1994 Third Quarter), no. 566. Estimate: 200 USD |