Son of the Famed Orator Cicero

306, Lot: 248. Estimate $300. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYDIA, Magnesia ad Sipylum. M. Tullius Cicero Minor. Proconsul of Asia, early to mid 20s BC. Æ (23mm, 7.55 g, 12h). Theodoros, magistrate. Bare head of Cicero Minor right / Right hand holding wreath, grain ears, and vine branch with grape bunch. RPC I 2448; BMC 13-5; FITA 385; Stumpf 142; Klose & Stumpf 106. Fair, dark green patina. Extremely rare – twelve listed in RPC, all in museums. Only one appearing on CoinArchives (CNG 78, lot 1312).