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LOT 3184
Augustus AE 25mm of Uncertain Mint, Asia Minor. Struck circa 25 BC.
Bare head right; c/m’s: TI CAE in incuse rectangle, AVG in incuse rectangle / AVGVSTVS in one line within laurel-wreath. RPC I 2235; RIC I 486 (Ephesus); Howgego 602, 577 (for countermarks). Fine.(8.55gr, 25mm, 1h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
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