Roma Numismatics Ltd
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Thrace, Sestos Æ 17mm. Pseudo-autonomous issue, time of the Flavians(?), circa AD 69-96. IЄPA CYNKΛHTOC, draped bust of the Senate to right / CHCTIΩN, kithara. RPC II 360; BMC 13. 4.08g, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
In his 2015 article 'Two numismatic puzzles from 1st century Sestus' (Archaeology of the first millennium A.D. Vol. IV: Nomads and the autochthonous in the first millennium A.D., pp. 36-8), M. Fox postulates that this issue was struck during the Civil War of AD 68-9.
Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
In his 2015 article 'Two numismatic puzzles from 1st century Sestus' (Archaeology of the first millennium A.D. Vol. IV: Nomads and the autochthonous in the first millennium A.D., pp. 36-8), M. Fox postulates that this issue was struck during the Civil War of AD 68-9.