Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 596. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Clazomenae. Britannicus. AD 41-55. Æ 16mm (3.91 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 48. Bare-headed and draped bust right / Cult-statue of Cybele, veiled and wearing polos, standing facing. RPC 2502.1 = E.S.G. Robinson, “Greek Coins From the Dardanelles,” NC 1921, 28. VF, blue-black patina. Extremely rare, only one specimen published (now in BM).

From the Gordon S. Parry Collection.