Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 118 | Auction date: 13 September 2021 |
Lot number: 722 | |
Lot description: SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ (29mm, 15.23 g, 12h). C. Cestius Gallus, legatus Syriae. Dated year 115 of the Caesarean Era (AD 66/7). Laureate head right; coiled serpent to right / ЄΠI/ΓAIOY/KЄCTIO/Y ΛNTIO/ЄT • ЄIP in five lines within wreath. McAlee 294 (this coin); RPC I 4303.3 = obolos 14, lot 399 (same dies); Hendin (4th ed.) 935 (this coin illustrated). Green patina, some roughness. VF. Well struck. Extremely rare with the coiled serpent. From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Superior (9 December 1989), lot 2827. Estimate: 300 USD |