Rare Issue Depicting Volusius Saturninus

191, Lot: 164. Estimate $500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BYZACIUM, Achulla. Augustus, with Caius and Lucius Caesars. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ 30mm (13.60 g, 6h). L. Volusius Saturninus, proconsul. Struck 7/6 BC. Bare head of Augustus left; to left, bare head of Caius Caesar right; to right, bare head of Lucius Caesar to left / Bare head of L. Volusius Saturninus right. RPC 800.5 (this coin); MAA 60; M. Amandry, "Notes de numismatique Africaine. VI. 8 Achulla", Revue Numismatique 1992, pp. 46-53, II B, 5 (this coin, illustrated). Fair, brown patina. Very rare.

From the J. S. Wagner Collection.