Ancient Roman Musicians

Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1051. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous issues. Time of Tiberius, AD 14-37. Æ Tessera (6.13 g, 5h). BAN HIL(?) down left field, THEODHO(?) down right, three female musicians: one standing left, holding tympanum, and two standing right, each playing tibiae / X•I within wreath. Buttrey 23; Jacobelli 50; Kestner-Museum, Tesseren -; Göbl, Antike 91-2. Good VF, green patina, minor smoothing in fields. Very rare.