Lot 1082
Sale 57 · Important Australian & World Coins, Military Medals & Banknotes
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Description
Augustus, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), silver cistophorus, Ephesus mint, issued 28-27 B.C., (11.1 grams), obv. laureate head of Octavian to right, around IMP CAESAR DIVI F COS VI LIBERTATIS P R VINDEX, rev. PAX in field to left, Pax standing half left on parazonium or torch, right hand holding caduceus, in field to right a snake emerging from cista mystica, all within laurel wreath, (S.-, RIC 476, C.218, BMC 691). Fine and scarce.
This issue commemorates the general peace that was proclaimed on the return to Rome in 29 B.C.
- Estimate
- $300
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $200