Unpublished Melos Bronze

CNG 90, Lot: 561. Estimate $300. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYCLADES, Melos. 1st-2nd centuries AD. Æ (20mm, 4.94 g, 6h). Three pomegranates on stalks; [legend(?) above] / MH/ΛI/WN in three lines [within wreath]. RPC –; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 41 var. (WN ligate). VF, dark green patina with light earthen dusting. Extremely rare.

Although RPC does not list this type, the editors of RPC Volume 1 note the poor state of knowledge of the series, and most of the imperial period coinage cannot be placed with certainty due to many having no control marks or issuing authority named.