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Electronic Auction 492

Lot nuber 278

BITHYNIA, Nicaea. Julius Caesar. Æ (22mm, 8.38 g, 11h). C. Vibius Pansa, proconsul. Dated CY 236 (47/6 BC).


Electronic Auction 492
Lot: 278.
 Estimated: $ 500

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Sold For $ 750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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BITHYNIA, Nicaea. Julius Caesar. Æ (22mm, 8.38 g, 11h). C. Vibius Pansa, proconsul. Dated CY 236 (47/6 BC). Bare head of Caesar right; [NIKA]EΩN upward to left / Nike advancing right, holding palm frond in right hand, wreath in left; uncertain monograms to lower left and inner right, ςΛΣ (date) in exergue. Weiser, Nikaia –; RPC I 2026; RG 11; BMC 8-9; Triton XIX, lot 356. In NGC encapsulation 5770572-0057, graded VG, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5.

Ex Leu Numismatik Web Auction 12 (30 May 2020), lot 828.

This type was the first anywhere to feature the portrait of Julius Caesar. C. Vibius Pansa was part of the Caesarian faction at Rome and probably owed his proconsulship to his patron. The only other definite lifetime portrait of Caesar from the provincial series was an issue of circa 45 BC at Lampsacus (RPC I 2268-2269). Both of these issues preceded the earliest appearance of his portrait at Rome, which was on the denarii of M. Mettius in January 44 BC.

Closing Date and Time: 26 May 2021 at 11:32:20 ET.

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