Son of the Famed Orator Cicero

417, Lot: 371. Estimate $750. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYDIA, Magnesia ad Sipylum. M. Tullius Cicero Minor. Proconsul of Asia, early to mid 20s BC. Æ (25mm, 9.04 g, 12h). Theodoros, magistrate. Bare head of Cicero Minor right / Right hand holding wreath, grain ears, and vine branch with grape bunch. RPC I 2448; BMC 13-5; FITA 385; Stumpf 142; Klose & Stumpf 106. Fine, dark green patina. Very rare – twelve listed in RPC, all in museums, and four in CoinArchives.