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23 February 2025
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First LXV Legionary Countermark for Artistobulus!

Starting Price: 100 CHF
Hammer Price:  3600 CHF
Lot 457

KINGS OF ARMENIA. Aristoboulos, 54-92. Oktachalkon (Bronze, 27 mm, 9.84 g, 3 h), struck under Nero, Chalcis, regnal year 13 = 66-67. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΣΤΟΒΟΥΛΟΥ ΕΤ ΙΓ Diademed and draped bust of Aristobulus to left. Rev. ΝΕΡΩΝΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΩ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΩ in six lines within laurel wreath tied below. Kovacs 299. Meshorer 366. RPC I 3839 corr. (date). For c/m: GIC 739 (LXV). Very rare. Unique with countermark. Very fine.

From a North American collection.

Legio LXV Apollinaris was stationed in Armenia after 76 AD (Kovacs 2016:80). This unique coin is not only the first LXV legionary countermark on a coin of Aristobulus but also the first and only known example of this legionary countermark on a provincial coin from Armenia.

Online bidding closes: 23 Feb 2025, 17:48:30 CET Current Date & Time: 6 Mar 2025, 13:04:01 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:3600 CHF by MailBidder2339 (25 bids)
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