Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 4 | Auction date: 24 June 2018 |
Lot number: 550 | |
Lot description: CILICIA. Aegeae. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Triassarion (?) (Bronze, 26 mm, 11.16 g, 1 h), Mi..., magistrate, CY 87 = 40/1 AD. Diademed and draped bust of Alexander the Great to right. Rev. AIΓAIΩN THΣ IEΡAΣ KAI AΥTONOMOΥ / ZΠ - MI Bare head of Julius Caesar to right. Haymann 9b. RPC I 4036 var. (differing reverse legend arrangement). Very rare. Very fine. With this issue, Aegeae claims Alexander 'the Great' and Julius Caesar as its founders, thus presenting itself as the heir to both the most famous Greek and Roman generals. Starting Price: 200 CHF |