203, Lot: 295. Estimate $100. Sold for $181. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Miletus. Uncertain. 1st-early 2nd centuries AD. Æ 19mm (3.15 g, 6h). Laureate head right / Cult statue of Apollo Didymaeus standing right, holding stag and bow; star to right. Cf. RPC p. 449, 3 (Apollo with tripod). Fine, green patina, earthen deposits.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.

The imperial portrait coinage from Miletus with title CEBACTOC cannot be precisely assigned to ruler. Some portraits resemble Nero, others Titus, Domitian and Trajan. The portrait on this coin looks much like Tiberius, but the lunate form of “Σ” (i.e., “C”) found on this coin was not in use at Miletus until the reign of Nero.