Details
LOT 2836
Augustus AE Quadrans. Circa 15 BC-AD 10.
Lugdunum(?) mint. IMP CAESAR, laureate head to right / [AVGVSTVS], eagle standing facing, head to left, with wings spread. RIC I 227; RPC I 508. Near Very Fine.(2.13gr, 18mm, 8h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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