149, Lot: 253. Estimate $200. Sold for $310. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GALATIA, Koinon of Galatia. Divus Nerva. Died AD 98. Æ 30mm (23.39 g). T. Pomponius Bassus, governor. Laureate head right / GALATIA SEPIPONTIOU BASSO[...], Cybele of Galatia seated left, holding patera and shield; lion seated left below. Unpublished and perhaps unique. Near VF, orichalcum and black surfaces.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Stephen M. Huston 155 (29 March 1998), lot 52.

Comes with a note from Stephen Huston stating that the BN has confirmed that this coin is the only known specimen from the mint for “Divo Nerva.”