Very Rare Olba Bronze of Nero

271, Lot: 343. Estimate $150. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Olba. Nero, with Polemo II, King of Pontus. AD 54-68. Æ (28mm, 12.50 g, 6h). Struck circa AD 67-68. Laureate head right / M ANT ΠOΛЄMΩ BACIΛЄYC, winged caduceus between two serpents. Staffieri, Olba 35 (same obv. die as illustration); RPC I 3740 (same obv. die as illustration); SNG Levante 649 (same obv. die). Near VF, green patina. Very rare.