Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1006. Estimate $400. Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004. Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MOESIA SUPERIOR, Viminacium. Aemilian. 253 AD. Æ 28mm (13.47 gm). Dated year 14 (253 AD). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Moesia standing left, holding torch and sceptre; bull and lion at sides. Cf. Boric-Breskovic 1644; cf. AMNG I 179; SNG Copenhagen -. EF, superb emerald green patina. ($400)
This bust type is unrecorded for Aemilian, as is the figure of Moesia carrying a torch and sceptre.