Bust of Annius Afrinus

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 499. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYCAONIA, Iconium (as Claudiconium). Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ 20mm (3.15 g, 12h). Annius Afrinus, legate. ANNIOC (Ns ligate) AFPEINOC, bare head of Annius Afrinus right / KLAUDEIKONI EwN, Perseus standing left, holding harpa in outstretched right hand and head of Medusa in left at side. RPC I 3543.6 (this coin); von Aulock, Lykaoniens 245 = SNG von Aulock 8645; SNG Copenhagen -. Good VF, brown patina, light pitting on reverse. Extremely rare.

From the Patrick Villemur Collection. Ex Kovacs FPL 17 (1982), lot 151.