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Lot 353

Estimate: 150 USD
Price realized: 150 USD
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Drusus and Germanicus. AE 26; Drusus and Germanicus; Sardes, Lydia, struck by Gaius Asinius Pollio, Proconsul of Asia, c. 28-9 AD, AE 26, 12.62g. RPC-2994 (44 spec.), BM-104. Obv: [????S?S ??? G??]??????S ???S[???S ???? T??? F??????F??] Togate figures of Drusus and Germanicus seated l. on curule chairs, one holding out lituus. Rx: GAIO - [A]SINNIO - ?[O??ION]I - ANTY?ATO, ?????? / ?S??S, around and within wreath. The legends of this type were overstruck, in order to change the official named on the reverse from Alexander Cleon, High Priest of the Koinon of Asia, to Asinius Pollio, Proconsul (Governor) of Asia. The mint and exact dating of this issue are uncertain: see discussion in RPC, pp. 487-8. In any case the coins seem to have been produced after the deaths of Germanicus and Drusus in 19 AD and 23 AD respectively.. F
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