Roma Numismatics Ltd
E-Live Auction 6 25 Mar 2023
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Augustus Æ Sestertius or Tressis of Gades, Hispania. Circa 27 BC - AD 14. AVGVSTVS, laureate head to left / Tetrastyle temple within wreath. RPC I 95; ACIP 3325a (same dies as illustration); Vives 77–5; SNG Copenhagen 449. 31.45g, 35mm, 1h.
Good Fine. Very Rare.
From the collection of a Romanophile;
Ex Antonio Carmona Collection, Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 84, 16 June 2021, lot 1102 (hammer: £180).
RPC, noting that the average weight and size of the examples of this type fall between the usual sestertii and dupondii issued at this mint, suggests that this type could be considered a 'tressis'.
Good Fine. Very Rare.
From the collection of a Romanophile;
Ex Antonio Carmona Collection, Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 84, 16 June 2021, lot 1102 (hammer: £180).
RPC, noting that the average weight and size of the examples of this type fall between the usual sestertii and dupondii issued at this mint, suggests that this type could be considered a 'tressis'.