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Details
LOT 3416
Augustus AE 21mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. 27 BC-AD 14.
P. Quinctilius Varus, legatus. Struck 6-4 BC. IMP CAESAR AVGVSTV, bare head to right / [...]CTLLLVS VVRVS, two aquilae between two standards. Cf. RPC I 4535. Very Fine.(7.56gr, 21mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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