| Nomos AG > obolos 31 | Auction date: 21 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 442 Price realized: 320 CHF (Approx. 351 USD / 329 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: BITHYNIA. Nicomedia. Vespasian, 69-79. (Bronze, 19 mm, 2.59 g, 12 h), struck under proconsul M. Plancius Varus. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΩ ΝΙΚ[ ] Laureate head of Vespasian to right. Rev. ΕΠΙ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ [ΠΛΑΝΚΙΟΥ ΟΥΑΡΟΥ] ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ Rudder; to left and right, ΜΗ-ΤΡ. RPC II, 650A.1 (this coin). Apparently unique, only one coin known to RPC (this specimen). Some discolorations and somewhat rough surfaces, otherwise, very fine. M. Plancius Varus served as governor of the senatorial province of Bithynia and Pontus during the reign of Vespasian. At unknown date, Varus married the Herodian Princess Julia, the daughter of King Tigranes VI of Armenia. Starting price: 100 CHF |  |
