168, Lot: 95. Estimate $100. Sold for $88. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Macedon, Cassandreia. Claudius. Æ 20mm (10.16 g). TI CLA CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR POT, laureate head left / COL IVL AVG CASSANDRE, head of Zeus-Ammon left. RPC I 1515 var. (Zeus-Ammon right); AMNG III, p. 53, 6 (same reverse die). Near VF, reddish-brown patina.
From the J.S. Wagner Collection.
RPC attributes the coin cited in AMNG to Nero, based on the left-facing Zeus-Ammon head (only the reverse of the AMNG is illustrated). This coin suggests the AMNG listing is correct. RPC S-1515A has Claudius head right / Zeus-Ammon head left, so all four possible combinations are known.