440, Lot: 341. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Aegeae. Pseudo-autonomous issue. temp. Galba, AD 68-69. Æ (24.5mm, 10.91 g, 12h). Dated Caesarean Era 115 (68/9 AD). Head of Perseus right, wearing cap and large gorgoneion head; harpa over shoulder; c/m: male (Asklepios?) head right within incuse oval / Helmeted and draped bust of Athena left; to right, ЄI[P] (date) above monogram; c/ms: serpent-entwined staff within incuse rectangle and goat kneeling left within incuse circle. RPC II 1770; SNG Levante 1700; SNG BN –; for c/ms: Howgego – on obverse; cf. 313 and 430 on reverse. Fine, rough dark brown surfaces with traces of green. Very rare, only five specimens on CoinArchives, including the Levante coin.

From the Ralph DeMarco ‘Perseus’ Collection.