| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1333 Price realized: 650 CHF (Approx. 738 USD / 682 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: LYCAONIA. Iconium. Germanicus, Caesar, 15 BC-AD 19. Assarion (Bronze, 21 mm, 5.36 g, 9 h), RY 1 of Tiberius = 14/5 AD. ΓΕPΜ - KAI / ET •A• Bare-headed, heroic bust of Germanicus to right, seen from behind and wearing drapery on his left shoulder. Rev. IKONIE[ΩΝ] Heroic bust of Perseus to right, seen from behind, wearing winged Phrygian helmet and carrying harpa over his left shoulder, which is covered by the aegis decorated with gorgoneion in the center. RPC I -. Leu Web Auction 27 (2023), 1262 (same dies). Saint Paul 13 (2017), 352 (same dies, but poorly preserved). Extremely rare, the third known example of this highly interesting issue. Fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. It was previously believed that the earliest Roman Provincial coins from Iconium were struck under Claudius, when the city adopted the name Claudiconium, but the emergence of this highly interesting issue showing Germanicus on the obverse reveals that we must antedate the first civic coinage under Roman rule of this mint. In fact, the coin carries a date, 'Year 1', which must refer to Tiberius, since Germanicus died in 19 AD; thus, the coin can be dated to 14/5 AD. It is worth noting that the issue clearly aligns Germanicus with Perseus, Zeus' son and slayer of the Gorgon Medusa, who was prominently worshipped in Iconium and frequently depicted on the city's civic coinage. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
