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| Gemini, LLC > Auction VII | Auction date: 9 January 2011 |
| Lot number: 872 | |
| Lot description: Aulus Gabinius. AE 20, 5.64g. (12h). Samaria, Nysa-Scythopolis, Year 10 = 55/54 BC. Obv: Bare head of Gabinius right, no legend. Rx: Nude Dionysus standing left holding cantharus and thyrsus; ΓAB / NY in field left, date L - I in field right, [Λ] in exergue. RPC 4827 (2 spec.), pl. 175 (same dies); two further specimens are recorded in the RPC supplements. Fine. Dr. Patrick Tan Collection. This rare coin, though curiously classified as being of "Poor style" in RPC, seems to show a more detailed and realistic portrait of the governor Gabinius than do the other three types of the issue. According to Josephus, Nysa was captured by Pompey the Great, and later rebuilt by Gabinius, governor of Syria. The coins attest that the town and its inhabitants apparently adopted Gabinius' name in gratitude. Estimate: US$1000 |  |
