MACEDON, Roman Republican period. Cassandraea. Q. Hortensius Q. f. Hortalus. Proconsul, 44-43 BC. Æ (15mm, 6.03 g, 12h). Fine.

Electronic Auction 565
Lot: 356.
Closing Date: Jul 3 2024 10:00 ET

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Estimate: $ 100

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MACEDON, Roman Republican period. Cassandraea. Q. Hortensius Q. f. Hortalus. Proconsul, 44-43 BC. Æ (15mm, 6.03 g, 12h). Head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing ram’s horn / Two ears of grain. Kermydi-Sicilianou, Hortensius, III; RPC I 1511; FITA, p. 272. Red-brown surfaces, roughness. Fine. Very rare.

This is one of three Macedonian issues to bear the name of Quintus Hortensius. The authors of RPC suggest that the two larger denominations should be assigned to Dium, while this smaller denomination was issued for Cassandrea (based on the two other issues, the “D” in the reverse legend does not mark the coin as belonging to the colony of Dium, but rather refers to Hortensius’ post as praefectus coloniae deducendae).

Closing Date and Time: 3 July 2024 at 11:58:20 ET.

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