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Obolos 31

21 April 2024

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Apparently Unique

Starting Price: 100 CHF
Hammer Price:  320 CHF
Lot 442

BITHYNIA. Nicomedia. Vespasian, 69-79. (Bronze, 19 mm, 2.59 g, 12 h), struck under proconsul M. Plancius Varus. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΩ ΝΙΚ[ ] Laureate head of Vespasian to right. Rev. ΕΠΙ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ [ΠΛΑΝΚΙΟΥ ΟΥΑΡΟΥ] ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ Rudder; to left and right, ΜΗ-ΤΡ. RPC II, 650A.1 (this coin). Apparently unique, only one coin known to RPC (this specimen). Some discolorations and somewhat rough surfaces, otherwise, very fine.



M. Plancius Varus served as governor of the senatorial province of Bithynia and Pontus during the reign of Vespasian. At unknown date, Varus married the Herodian Princess Julia, the daughter of King Tigranes VI of Armenia.

Online bidding closes: 21 Apr 2024, 17:40:30 CEST Current Date & Time: 6 May 2024, 00:18:08 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:320 CHF by MailBidder2339 (3 bids)
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