Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1312. Closing Date: Jun 08, 
  2005. ZEUGITANA, Colonia Iulia Pia Paterna. 
  Augustus. 27 BC-14 AD. Æ 31mm (14.28 gm, 6h). 
  Struck 20 BC. BID Estimate $500  

Diademed head of Julius Caesar right; c/m: 
capricorn left with cornucopiae above and globe on 
rudder below / Ceres advancing right, holding two 
torches; plow to right. RPC I 759; MAA 94; SNG 
Copenhagen -. Fine, dark brown patina, corrosion 
pit at edge crack. Extremely rare, only two 
examples cited in RPC, neither with countermark. 
($500)

The countermark is unlisted but is a direct copy of the 
reverse type of a Spanish denarius of Augustus (RIC I 128), 
struck 18-16 BC, suggesting a Spanish location for the 
application of the countermark.

$1750, $2012.50, €1417.5, £962.5, C$2187.5, A$2275, on June 8, 2005.

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