Contemporary Imitation

367, Lot: 436. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Quinarius (13mm, 1.46 g, 4h). Contemporary imitation. Uncertain mint. Struck circa 29-28 BC or later. VVLIVS VINI (S and N are retrograde), bare head right / Victory standing left on cista mystica, holding wreath and palm frond; coiled serpent to left and right. Cf. RIC I 276; King 1; RSC 14 for prototype. VF, toned, weakly struck in spots, scratches and marks.

An interesting contemporary imitation of an Augustus quinarius.