Spain, Calagurris, Augustus, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), AE as 28mm, (12.19 g), issues of M. Lic. Capel and C. Ful. Rutil, duoviri, struck after 2 B.C., obv. laureate head to right, around IMP AVGVSTVS PATER PATRIAE, with countermark eagle head, rev. bull standing right, above M LIC CAPEL, M C I to left, II VIR to right and C FVL RVTI, some letters ligated, (S.-, RPC I 444, SNG Cop. 582, MH ). Near very fine, green patination surfaces a little rough. Provenance - Ex Dr Adrian Carr Collection and purchased from Costa Coins in Spain 2002. The countermark of the eagle head on the obverse is noted in RPC on several examples. The countermark also appears on several other cities listed in RPC Index 7 [p.809].
Estimate: 80 AUD