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LOT 2769
Augustus AE As of Lepida-Celsa, Spain. 27 BC-AD 14.
Gaius Pompeius and Gnaeus Domitius, duoviri. Struck circa 5-3 BC. IMP CAESAR • DIVI F AVGVSTVS COS XII, laureate head to right / C V I CEL CN DOMITIO C POMPEIO II VIR, bull standing to right. RPC I, 278. Near Very Fine.(9.83gr, 29mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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