Roma Numismatics Ltd
E-Live Auction 6 25 Mar 2023
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Augustus Æ "Sestertius" of Lepcis Magna, North Africa. Struck under Tiberius, AD 21-31. DIVOS AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right / LPQY (in Neo-Punic script), Bacchus, ivy-wreathed and draped, standing to left, holding cup and thyrsus, panther to left behind. RPC I 848; Müller 21; SNG Copenhagen 17. 24.46g, 41mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine; struck on a vast planchet, resulting in an impressive, medallic appearance. Very Rare; only twelve specimens cited by RPC, this the first example to come to auction in just over four years.
This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk);
From the collection of a Romanophile;
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 46, 27 January 2019, lot 336;
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 19, 13 December 2015, lot 360;
Previously acquired from C. Crippa (Milan), old dealer's tickets included.
Near Very Fine; struck on a vast planchet, resulting in an impressive, medallic appearance. Very Rare; only twelve specimens cited by RPC, this the first example to come to auction in just over four years.
This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk);
From the collection of a Romanophile;
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 46, 27 January 2019, lot 336;
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 19, 13 December 2015, lot 360;
Previously acquired from C. Crippa (Milan), old dealer's tickets included.