CNG 90, Lot: 994. Estimate $200. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LYDIA, Mostene. Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ (22mm, 7.69 g, 12h). OVЄCΠACIA-NOC KAI-CAP, laureate head right / MOC-TH-NΩN, radiate male deity, wearing chlamys and holding labrys, on horseback right; cypress to right. RPC -; SNG München -; SNG von Aulock -; BMC - ; cf. Mionnet 488. Good VF, dark green patina, patches of roughness on reverse. Extremely rare.
From Group CEM.
The reverse leaves no room for KAICAPEΩN in addition to MOCTHNΩN, which the few known Flavian examples of this denomination carry.