THESSALY, Magnetes. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Assarion (18.5mm, 4.61 g, 1h).

CNG Feature Auction 117
Lot: 410. Estimated: $ 300

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Sold For $ 2 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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THESSALY, Magnetes. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Assarion (18.5mm, 4.61 g, 1h). CЄB[AC] down right, TOC up left, laureate head of Nero right / ΜΑΓΝΗ [ΤωΝ] around from left, the centaur Chiron advancing right, branch over the left shoulder, right hand extended forward. Rogers 363, fig. 185 var. [same obv. die but rev. inscription differently arranged]; RPC Supp. II, p. 36, 1423.5 (this coin). Attractive green-brown patina. VF. Rare.

Ex BCD Collection (Triton XV, 3 January 2012), lot 429.2; Oslo Mynthandel 18 (14 March 1987) 1132 (part of).


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