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Auction XVII  28 Mar 2019
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Lot 703

Estimate: 7500 GBP
Price realized: 9500 GBP
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Augustus AR Denarius. Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?), July 18-17/16 BC. Bare head left / Capricorn to right, holding globe attached to rudder, cornucopiae over its shoulder; AVGVSTVS below. RIC 130; BMCRE 307-8 = BMCRR Gaul 126-7; RSC 22. 3.90g, 18mm, 6h.

Near Mint State; beautiful light cabinet tone with hints of iridescence. Certainly the finest example of this desirable issue on CoinArchives.

Ex Mike S. Gasvoda Collection; Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 86, 8 October 2015, lot 69 (hammer: CHF 13,000);
Privately purchased from Freeman & Sear.
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