CNG 109, Lot: 620. Estimate $5000. Sold for $10000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous issues. temp. Tiberius, AD 14-37. Æ Tessera (21.5mm, 5.28 g, 2h). Struck circa AD 22/3-37. Erotic scene with a male figure lying face down on a couch, resting on left elbow and looking back at female (?) partner behind him / XV within pearl border and wreath. Campana, Spintriae, Series 11, obv. die 24/XV; Simonetta & Riva 13/D; Buttrey 7/XV. VF, green patina, chip in patina on reverse. Very rare.

From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 72 (16 May 2013), lot 592.