CNG 109, Lot: 617. Estimate $400. Sold for $3100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous issues. temp. Tiberius, AD 14-37. Æ Tessera ( 22mm, 4.37 g, 4h). Struck circa AD 22/3-37. Cuirassed bust (of Germanicus?) right, seen from behind; spear over left shoulder; all within plain border and wreath / III within pearl border and wreath. Buttrey 17/III (this piece cited); Cohen 6 (Tiberius); Kestner, Tesseren –. VF, dark green patina, earthen deposits, scratches. Rare.

From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 91 (19 September 2012), lot 862; Classical Numismatic Group 54 (14 June 2000), lot 1423; H. Frey (24 September 1954), lot 698.