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Electronic Auction 359  9 September 2015
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Lot 175

Estimate: 500 USD
Price realized: 900 USD
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IONIA, Ephesus. Statilia Messalina. Augusta, AD 66-68. Æ (21mm, 7.22 g, 12h). Struck under Nero, AD 65-66. MECCAΛINAN, draped bust right / EΦECIΩN PΩ-MH, Roma standing facing, head right, holding scepter and statue of Artemis Ephesia. RPC Supp. II 2632 note (this coin cited); CNG E-212, lot 179 (misdescribed as Messalina [wife of Claudius]; same dies). Near VF, rough green patina. An extremely rare variant, and likely the second (and better) known.

Duplicate from the Collection of M. A. Armstrong. Ex Münzen und Medaillen 86 (3 June 1998), lot 69.
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