Nomos AG
Auction 17 26 Oct 2018
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Geta, as Caesar, 198-209. Assarion (Bronze, 15.5 mm, 2.15 g, 6 h). Naxos. Λ CE - Π ΓETAC Bare head of Geta to left. Rev. ΝΑΞΙ - ΩΝ Wine krater. Mionnet Suppl. IV, p. 397, 241. Extremely rare. With a green-red-brown patina. Good very fine.
From the Vineyard Vollection, bought privately from Kirk Davis in December 1999.
Roman provincial coins from the Cyclades are uniformly very uncommon: issued to serve the population of the islands they seldom left them; and since they seldom left their islands of issue they tended to circulate so intensely that surviving examples are seldom, if ever, in good condition.
From the Vineyard Vollection, bought privately from Kirk Davis in December 1999.
Roman provincial coins from the Cyclades are uniformly very uncommon: issued to serve the population of the islands they seldom left them; and since they seldom left their islands of issue they tended to circulate so intensely that surviving examples are seldom, if ever, in good condition.