Cyrene, Cyrenacia

Kyrenaika, Kyrene, A. Pupius Rufus, c.34-31 B.C.

AE 27, 10.28g.  Head of Zeus Ammon to right.  Rev. Sella castrensis(folding military camp seat) flanked by fasces.  RPC 920.26(this coin). BMC 117,27.  Pierre Strauss, Collection of Maurice Laffaille, Bale, 1990, #630(this coin).  SNG COP 1314.  Brown patina.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Laffaille collection, Münzen und Medaillen, Basel, Auction 76, 1991, lot 630.
Ex: Righetti collection, Auctiones, Basel, Auction 29, 2003, lot 389.

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Very Fine $1,700.