Watch List notes:

CAPPADOCIA. Caesaraea-Eusebia. Domitian, 81-96. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 27 mm, 14.21 g, 12 h), T. Pomponius Bassus, legatus Augusti pro praetore Galatiae et Cappadociae, 95/6-99/100. RY 15 = 95/6. AYTO KAI ΔOMITIANOC CЄBACTOC ΓЄPMA Laureate head of Domitian to right. Rev. ЄΠI TIT ΠOΠ BACCOY ΠPЄCBЄY ЄT IЄ Mount Argaios surmounted by statue of Sol-Helios, radiate, holding globe in his right hand and long scepter in his left. RPC II 1387 var. (differing reverse legend arrangment). Stumpf 439. Beautiful earthen highlights on an attractive dark patina. Minor cleaning marks, otherwise, good very fine.


From a Swiss collection, ex Leu 1, 25 October 2017, 129.