Lot 3592

Description

Roman, selection of asses, Augustus, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), AE as, Rome mint, issued 16 B.C. by C. Cassius Celer, (10.24 g), obv. bare head to right of Augustus around [CAESAR AVGVSTVS T]RIBVNIC POTEST, rev. C. CASSIVS CE[LER II]I VIR A A A F F around large SC, (cf.S.1660, RIC 376, C.409, CBN 409, BMC 169) (illustrated); another posthumous, (S.1789); Nerva, AE quadrans, rev. winged caduceus (S.3066); Hadrian, rev. modius, (S.3674); another rev. Clementia, (S.3677); Faustina, rev. two infants on throne, (S.5302); Geta, rev. Pietas with children, (S.7282); Maximinus, rev. Providentia, (S.8362). First coin off centred on the obverse, brown patina, nearly very fine and scarce, others good - nearly very fine. (8)

Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 59 (lot 2052) and Spink Australia privately, March 1977 for the first coin.