TROAS, Dardanus(?). Tiberius(?). AD 14-37. Æ (19mm, 4.90 g, 6h). Near VF.

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Roman Provincial, Bronze

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TROAS, Dardanus(?). Tiberius(?). AD 14-37. Æ (19mm, 4.90 g, 6h). Laureate head right / Statue of Athena standing facing, holding spear and shield on base. RPC II 2818.1 = L&K 359 (this coin). Brown patina, light porosity. Near VF. Extremely rare, one of two known.

From the Aleph Collection. Ex Garth R. Drewry Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 144, 26 July 2006), lot 194; Marcel Burstein Collection (Antioch Associates 21, 5 April 1991), lot 66; Henry Clay Lindgren Collection.


Kovacs, in the Lindgren catalogue, attributes the type to the early first century AD, likely Augustus or Tiberius. However, RPC has placed it in RPC II, during the Flavian era. The city’s identity is also uncertain, the scant legend isn’t clear enough on either of the two known coins to positively identify the issuing authority.


Time: 13 December 2023 at 11:10:40 ET.

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