Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXIII 24-25 Mar 2022
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L. Cestius and C. Norbanus AV Aureus. Rome, January-April 43 BC. Draped bust of Africa to right, wearing elephant skin headdress / Corinthian helmet set atop curule chair, legs decorated with eagles; L • CESTIVS above, C • NORBA below, EX • S • C - PR across fields. Crawford 491/1b; CRI 195a; Bahrfeldt 25, pl. IV, 19 (same dies); Calico 4. 7.97g, 20mm, 1h.
NGC graded Ch AU 3/5 - 4/5 (#6158066-005). A very rare variety.
From the GK Collection;
Ex Baldwin's Auctions Ltd - Dmitry Markov Coins & Medals - M&M Numismatics Ltd - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, The New York Sale XL, 11 January 2017, lot 1167;
Ex Aurora Collection, Baldwin's Auctions Ltd - Dmitry Markov Coins & Medals - M&M Numismatics Ltd, The New York Sale XXXII, 8 January 2014, lot 2;
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 63, 17 May 2012, lot 486;
Ex Classical Numismatic Group - Numismatica Ars Classica - Freeman & Sear, Triton III, 30 November 1999, lot 828.
NGC graded Ch AU 3/5 - 4/5 (#6158066-005). A very rare variety.
From the GK Collection;
Ex Baldwin's Auctions Ltd - Dmitry Markov Coins & Medals - M&M Numismatics Ltd - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, The New York Sale XL, 11 January 2017, lot 1167;
Ex Aurora Collection, Baldwin's Auctions Ltd - Dmitry Markov Coins & Medals - M&M Numismatics Ltd, The New York Sale XXXII, 8 January 2014, lot 2;
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 63, 17 May 2012, lot 486;
Ex Classical Numismatic Group - Numismatica Ars Classica - Freeman & Sear, Triton III, 30 November 1999, lot 828.