455, Lot: 228. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LYDIA, Hypaepa. Nero, with Statilia Messalina. AD 54-68. Æ (27mm, 8.93 g, 12h). Gaius Julius Hegesippus,
grammateus. Struck circa AD 66-68. Draped bust of Messalina right vis-à-vis laureate head of Nero left / Facing cult statue of Artemis. RPC I 2543; SNG Copenhagen 191-2. Green, brown, and red patina, some roughness. Fine. Rare.
From the J.B. Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 137 (12 April 2006), lot 54.