Lot 3618

Sale 134 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals

Description

Phrygia, Cibyra, Domitian with Domitia, (81-96 A.D.), AE 25, (7.59 g), Magistrate Claudius Bias, obv. laureate head of Domitian right, facing a draped bust of Domitia left, around **DOMITANOC KAICAR DOMITIA CEBACTH*, star countermark below, rev. Zeus seated left, holding phiale and sceptre, around **[E]PI ARXIEREWC KLAU BA[INTOC] KIBU* (S.896, RPC II 193 1262.24 (this coin), SNG Von Aulock 3730). Deep green toning, area of flat striking, very fine and rare.

Ex Dr Hugh Preston Collection.
Previously M&M Auction 16, 529. Also Auktiones AG, Basel 18 (1989), lot 942. The J P Righetti Collection.

Estimate
$250
Result Status
Sold
Prices Realised
$180

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