| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 118 | Auction date: 8 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 380 Price realized: 320 GBP (Approx. 405 USD / 373 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Macedon under Roman Rule AR Tetradrachm. Circa 95-70 BC. Aesillas, quaestor. Head of the deified Alexander III 'the Great' to right; Θ behind neck, MAKEΔONΩN around / AESILLAS Q, money chest, club, and chair; all within wreath. AMNG 223; SNG Copenhagen 1330; HGC 3.1, 1110. 16.77g, 28mm, 12h. Near Extremely Fine; some graffiti in fields. Ex collection of Dr J.-M. F; Reportedly previously sold in Poindessault, uncertain sale (1977). The tetradrachms struck bearing the name of the quaestor Aesillas are suggested to have been issued as a monetary bribe paid to the Thracian tribes to buy their neutrality in the First Mithradatic War, thus securing by some measure the Roman supply line along the Via Egnatia (see Ursula Kampmann, Money Museum Zurich, "Becoming Masters of Asia Minor: When the Roman Quaestor Aesillas minted un-Roman Tetradrachms to buy Thracian Loyalty"). Estimate: 400 GBP |  |
