Watch List notes:

CILICIA. Augusta. Trajan, 98-117. Diassarion (Orichalcum, 24 mm, 11.58 g, 1 h), CY 86 = 105/6. ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙ ΝΕΡΥ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕ ΓΕ ΔΑ Laureate head of Trajan to right. Rev. ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΑΝΩΝ ΕΤΟΥΣ ϚΠ Draped bust of Dionysos to right, wearing wreath of ivy and fruit and with thyrsos over his left shoulder; behind, kantharos. Karbach 50-52. RPC III 3316 (same dies). SNG Paris 1898-1900 (same dies). A sharp and very attractive piece, perhaps the finest known. Faint scratches on the obverse, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.


From the collections of Dr. P. Vogl and Carlo Fontana, Finarte Casa d'Aste 871, 1993, 552 and previously purchased from C. Crippa in 1966 (with original ticket).