★ Very Rare ★

TROAS. Gargara. Augustus (27 BC-14 AD)
AE Bronze (19.2mm 5.32g)
Obv: ΣΕΒ. Laureate head, right.
Rev: ΓΑΡΓ. bull, butting, right.
RPC 2324a.
Very rare. This is the third specimen. No coins have previously been recorded for the Julio-Claudian period for Gargara, the earliest imperial issue otherwise being for Vespasian (RPC II, 901). Since the Latin letter R is unexpected for the countermark, RPC has noted that it might be B