347, Lot: 345. Estimate $100. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BITHYNIA, Nicaea. Julia Mamaea. Augusta, AD 222-235. Æ Diassaria (25mm, 9.32 g, 2h). ΙΟVΛΙΑ ΜΑΜΑ[...], draped bust right / EVCEΒΩN EVΓ-EN(ΩN) NIKAIE(ΩN), Pan advancing left, holding grape bunch and lagobolon. Unpublished in the standard references, though cf. BMC 98 for an issue of Severus Alexander with this reverse legend within a wreath. VF, brown patina, flan crack. Extremely rare reverse legend and type.
From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.