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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 100Auction date: 29 May 2017
Lot number: 1160

Lot description:



An Interesting Selection of Roman Provincial Coinage

Tauric Chersonesus, Chersonesus. Pseudo autonomous issues. Time of Trajan to Hadrian. Stater, AV 7.93 g. XEP Diademed and draped head of Chersonas l. Rev. Maiden standing l., holding bow in l. hand and spear in r.; in l. field, ΠKP (monogram) and RN (date). Anokhin, Khersonesa 228 var. (different date and bust). Zograph pl. XXXVII, 13-5 var. (different date and bust). SNG BM Black Sea –. RPC –, for type 954-956.
An apparently unrecorded date for an extremely rare type.
Good very fine / about extremely fine

Ex Lanz sale 86, 1998, 385.

The date of the coin is AD 28, struck during Tiberius’ reign. For the correct dating, cf. P. P. Ripollès et al. 2015, Roman Provincial Coinage. Consolidated Supplement I-III (1992-2015), p. 97, n. 1936A (this coin) (http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/supp/rpc_cons_supp_1-3.pdf)

Estimate: 10000 CHF