SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Uncertain mint. 1st century BC. Æ (21mm, 9.71 g, 11h). Dated year 1 of the Pompeian Era (64/3 BC). Fine.

Electronic Auction 591
Lot: 474.
Closing Date: Jul 16 2025 10:00 ET

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Estimate: $ 100

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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Uncertain mint. 1st century BC. Æ (21mm, 9.71 g, 11h). Dated year 1 of the Pompeian Era (64/3 BC). Bareheaded bust of Herakles left, wearing lion’s skin headdress; club over left shoulder / L A (date)/ΡΩΜΗΣ in two lines above prow of galley right; all within laurel wreath. Spijkerman 1 (Gadara); RPC I –; Rosenberger 1 (Gadara); HGC 10, 381. Dark green patina with earthen highlights. Fine. Rare.

Hoover notes (HGC 10, p. 106) “An anonymous bronze series inscribed with the date “Year 1 of Rome” has been occasionally attributed to Gadara in the past, but fabric and style suggest a mint in Southern Syria.” Hoover gives this coin a rarity rating of Scarce but there are only seven recorded in CoinArchives.

Closing Date and Time: 16 July 2025 at 12:37:40 ET.

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