Son of the Famed Orator Cicero

CNG 105, Lot: 572. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1200. 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, 9.22 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. Good Fine, dark earthen green patina, light cleaning scratches. Very rare – twelve listed in RPC, all in museums, and three in CoinArchives.