Roma Numismatics

Auction XXVII  –  22 - 23 March 2023

Roma Numismatics, Auction XXVII

Celtic, Greek, Judaean, Roman, Migrationary, Byzantine, Islamic, Medieval and...

Part 1: We, 22.03.2023, from 2:00 PM CET
Part 2: Th, 23.03.2023, from 2:00 PM CET
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Description

Pontos, uncertain mint (Amisos?) Æ 21mm. Late 1st century BC. Bare male head (Octavian or quaestor?) to left; Q below / Bare male head (Caesar?) to right; ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ across fields. RPC I 2156A; Naumann 88, 395 (same dies); Nomos 18, 288 (same dies, hammer: CHF 4,200). 7.59g, 20mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine; featuring two wonderful, enigmatic portraits. Exceedingly Rare; seemingly just the third known example of the type and arguably finer than the Nomos example that sold for CHF 4,200.

From a private European collection.

See P. Sánchez’s “Une émission monétaire inédite d’Amisos, ciuitas libera et foederata sous le Principat” (Revue Numismatique 178, 2021, 115-360, for the identification of the portraits as Octavian and Julius Caesar.

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Price realized 800 GBP
Starting price 300 GBP
Estimate 500 GBP
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