203, Lot: 270. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MACEDON, Thessalonica(?). Tiberius, with Julia Augusta (Livia). AD 14-37. Æ 23mm (7.22 g, 1h). Local imitation(?). Struck circa AD 22/3. Laureate head of Tiberius right; c/m: head right within circular incuse / Veiled and draped bust of Julia Augusta (Livia) right. Cf. RPC 1570; Touratsoglou -; for c/m: Howgego 1 or 55(?). Good Fine, green patina.
The style of the engraving and the nonsensical legends suggest this is a local imitation.