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Electronic Auction 434  12 Dec 2018
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Lot 191

Estimate: 100 USD
Price realized: 950 USD
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AFRICA. Lucius Apronius. Proconsul, AD 18-21. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 21.88 g, 10h). (AP)RON in rectangular countermark, struck twice, and [V?]AL in a rectangular countermark, all on a bronze sestertius of Augustus. For APRON: Pangerl 112. For VAL: Martini, Locarno 121. Host Poor, cm's Good Fine to VF.

From the Richard Baker Collection, purchased from Empire Coins, May 1984.

The VAL countermark is attributable to Sicily, and appears to have been applied beneath the APRON mark, indicating that this coin traveled from Rome to Sicily to Africa.
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