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Obolos 31

21 April 2024

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Starting Price: 50 CHF
Hammer Price:  50 CHF
Lot 467

ASIA MINOR. Uncertain mint. Augustus, 27 BC-AD 14. (Bronze, 20 mm, 7.92 g, 2 h), Circa 30 BC. Bare head of Octavian/Augustus (?) to right. Rev. Fiscus, sella questoria and hasta; below, Q. AMNG 228. FITA 13–19. RPC I, 5410. Scarce. Areas of striking weakness and some marks, otherwise, about very fine.



The attribution of this issue to a certain mint or region is still open for discussion. In the past, it has been attributed to a Macedonian mint and the portrait identified either as Brutus (Friedlander), Caesar (Grant), or to the governor of of Syria, Gaius Sosius. RPC prefers a Cilician or Syrian origin, with a suggestion that the portrait is Octavian. Issues of similar portrait style include the "Princeps Felix" coinage from Cilicia (RPC 4082-3). For the discussion in RPC, see RPC I, 5409.

Online bidding closes: 21 Apr 2024, 17:53:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 5 May 2024, 23:47:03 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:50 CHF by MailBidder2802 (1 bid)
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