Details
LOT 3092
Augustus AE Sestertius. 27 BC-AD 14.
Uncertain Asian mint; struck 25 BC. [AVGVSTVS], bare head to right / C A within laurel wreath. RIC I 501 (Pergamum); BMCRE 713 (Pergamum); CBN 956 (Pergamum); RPC I 2233 (Asia). Near Very Fine.(23.17gr, 35mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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