157, Lot: 58. Estimate $100. Sold for $587. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Perinthus. Octavia, first wife of Nero. Augusta, AD 54-62. Æ 28mm (12.45 g). Diademed and draped bust right / Cult statue of Hera of Samos left, holding filleted patera. RPC I 1755; Schönert-Geiss 255. Near VF, nice green patina.

The trading center of Perinthus was founded by colonists from Samos around 600 BC, and the cult of Samian Hera was established in the city also. Perinthus became the second most important trading emporium in Thrace, after Byzantium.