Classical Numismatic Group > Mail Bid Sale 78 | Auction date: 14 May 2008 |
Lot number: 1219 | |
Lot description: EPIRUS, Nicopolis. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ 18mm (2.80 g, 6h). Bare head right / Bull standing right with head slightly facing right. RPC -; Oikonomidou 67 (Ἔμ 22/Ὄπ 61); SNG Copenhagen -. Fine, dark-green patina with small areas of red. Very rare. From the Patrick Villemur Collection. RPC I notes that the coins Oikonomidou listed as Augustus, nos. 43-90, are actually restitution issues struck under Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, Commodus, Caracalla, and Valerian, and will be listed in the appropriate future RPC volume. Estimate: 150 USD |