Roma Numismatics Ltd
E-Live Auction 6 25 Mar 2023
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Agrippa Ӕ "Sestertius" of Gades, Hispania. Struck under Augustus, circa 27-12 BC. AGRIPPA, head to left, wearing rostral crown / MVNICIPI PARENS, aplustre. RPC I 80; ACIP 3310a (same dies as illustration); Vives 78-2. 44.58g, 38mm.
Good Fine; typical test cut(?) to obv., rev. almost blank. Exceedingly Rare; just one other example found on CoinArchives.
From the collection of a Romanophile;
Ex Jesus Vico S.A., Auction 157, 26 November 2020, lot 146.
A. Guadàn contends that the marks located on the obverses of all known examples of this issue, at first glance mere test cuts, may in fact be evidence of 'denominational revaluation'. See p. 18 of 'Las monedas de Gades' (Barcelona, 1963) for further deliberations.
Good Fine; typical test cut(?) to obv., rev. almost blank. Exceedingly Rare; just one other example found on CoinArchives.
From the collection of a Romanophile;
Ex Jesus Vico S.A., Auction 157, 26 November 2020, lot 146.
A. Guadàn contends that the marks located on the obverses of all known examples of this issue, at first glance mere test cuts, may in fact be evidence of 'denominational revaluation'. See p. 18 of 'Las monedas de Gades' (Barcelona, 1963) for further deliberations.