Augustus Æ 21mm of uncertain mint, Asia Minor. Contemporary imitation(?), circa 25 BC. CAESAR, bare head to right / AVGVSTV[S] within laurel wreath. Cf. RPC I 2235; cf. RIC I 486. 8.42g, 21mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From a private UK collection, collector's ticket included;
Ex E. Szauer Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, 28th September 2010, lot 1030 (part of).
The crude style of the lettering and the retrograde letters in the reverse inscription suggest this example may be a contemporary imitation.