244, Lot: 331. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea-Eusebia. Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ (21mm, 7.02 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 (AD 165). AYTOKPA OYHPOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / KAICAPЄω N [T Π] APΓAIω, Mt. Argaeus culminating in tall conical top; ЄT Є in exergue. Sydenham,
Caesarea Supp. 359c = SNG Hunterian 2241 var. (laureate head on obv. and date); SNG von Aulock -. Near VF, grayish-green patina with orange earthen deposits. This variety unpublished in the standard references.
From the J.S. Wagner Collection.