Son of the Orator Cicero

CNG 108, Lot: 455. Estimate $1500. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYDIA, Magnesia ad Sipylum. M. Tullius Cicero Minor. Proconsul of Asia, early to mid 20s BC. Æ (24mm, 8.26 g, 12h). Theodoros, magistrate. Bare head of Cicero Minor right / Right hand holding wreath, grain ears, and vine branch with grape bunch. BMC 13-5; FITA 385; Stumpf 142; Klose & Stumpf 106; RPC I 2448. VF, green patina, light roughness and a few scratches. Very rare and among the finest known, far better than the four specimens in CoinArchives.