273, Lot: 121. Estimate $200. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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IONIA, Smyrna. Britannicus(?). AD 41-55. Æ (15mm, 3.70 g, 6h). Philistos and Eikadios, magistrates. Struck circa AD 50-54. Bareheaded and draped bust right / Nike advancing right, carrying trophy over shoulder. Klose Type XXXI; RPC I 2476 (Nero as Caesar, under Claudius); SNG Copenhagen 1351; SNG von Aulock 7995. VF, earthen green patina, minor roughness. Attractive for the issue.
From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.