Rare Lepidus Obol
278, Lot: 176. Estimate $500. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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GAUL, Cabellio. Lepidus. 44-42 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.44 g, 3h). Head of Apollo right; CABE before / LE-PI flanking cornucopia; all within laurel wreath. RPC I 528; CRI 491; RSC 4; SNG Copenhagen 684. Good VF, toned, some porosity. Rare.
Lepidus served as governor of Gaul, and was possibly the founder of the colony of Cabellio.