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| Gemini, LLC > Auction VI | Auction date: 10 January 2010 |
| Lot number: 745 | |
| Lot description: Nysa-Scythopolis, governor Gabinius. AE 20, 6.02g. . , c. 59-56 BCE. Obv: Head of Dionysos right wearing ivy wreath, ΓA behind neck. Rx: ΓABINIC [OI E]N NYCH ("To the Gabinii who live in Nysa") Nike advancing left holding wreath and palm. RPC 4826 (nine specimens), pl. 175 (same obverse die). Barkay, The Coinage of Nysa-Scythopolis, 1. VF/Fine. Ex Dr. Stephen Gerson Collection. Exceptional example of this rare coin of Aulus Gabinius. According to Josephus, Nysa was captured by Pompey the Great, and later rebuilt by Gabinius, governor of Syria. This coin attests that the town and its inhabitants apparently adopted Gabinius' name in gratitude. Estimate: US$850 |  |
