Classical Numismatic Group > Mail Bid Sale 78 | Auction date: 14 May 2008 |
Lot number: 1554 | |
Lot description: BYZACIUM, Hadrumentum. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ Semis (4.13 g, 1h). C. Fabius Catulus and D. Sextilius Cornutus, duoviri. Struck circa AD 10(?). Head of Neptune right; to left, trident / Radiate bust of Sol facing. RPC 782.8 = M. Bahrfeldt, “Nachträge und Berichtigungen zur Münzkunde der römischen Republik,” NZ 1896, 62.1 (Fabia; first specimen; this coin); MAA 84; SNG Copenhagen 61. Fine, light overall roughness, silvered in antiquity. Rare. From the Patrick Villemur Collection. Ex Ernst Justus Haeberlin Collection (A.Cahn/A. Hess, 17 July 1933), lot 2595. Estimate: 200 USD |