CNG 103, Lot: 577. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA(?), Uncertain mint. Octavian. Circa 30 BC(?). Æ (17mm, 6.73 g, 12h). Bare head right / Prow right; Q below. RPC I 5411; FITA p. 13. Near VF, dark green patina. Rare.

From the RBW Collection. Ex Rauch 94 (9 April 2014), lot 701.

This issue has previously been attributed to a Macedonian mint with the identification of the portrait as Brutus (Friedlander) or Caesar (Grant). RPC presents a case for a Cilician or Syrian origin, supported by find data, with a suggestion that the portrait is Octavian. Issues of similar portrait style, very likely by the same engraver, include the “Princeps Felix” coinage, RPC 4082-3, from Cilicia.