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Augustus(?) Æ21 of Klazomenai, Ionia. Circa 27 BC-AD 14(?). Diademed head right , within dotted circular border / ΚΛΑΖΟΜΕΝΙ[ΩΝ], ram reclining right, head reverted; all within dotted circular border. RPC I 2497. 6.88g, 21mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare, one of as a few as ten known examples.
Acquired from an old French collection.
The attribution of this type to Augustus is by no means certain, and indeed since specimens (such as the present piece) have come to light that clearly show the obverse portrait to be wearing a diadem as opposed to a laurel wreath the authors of RPC have noted that it should likely "be attributed to an earlier king of Asia, presumably in the second century".
Very Fine. Extremely Rare, one of as a few as ten known examples.
Acquired from an old French collection.
The attribution of this type to Augustus is by no means certain, and indeed since specimens (such as the present piece) have come to light that clearly show the obverse portrait to be wearing a diadem as opposed to a laurel wreath the authors of RPC have noted that it should likely "be attributed to an earlier king of Asia, presumably in the second century".