274, Lot: 343. Estimate $300. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Agrippina Junior. Augusta, AD 50-59. Æ Sestertiuis (34mm, 24.37 g). Balkan(?) mint. Draped bust right / Blank. Cf. RIC I 103 note (Claudius); cf. BMCRE p. 195 note. Near Fine, mostly green patina. Rare.
The note in RIC raises the possibility that these mysterious Balkan issues were produced as presentation pieces for a military unit stationed in the region.