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Electronic Auction 534  15 Mar 2023
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Lot 344

Estimate: 100 USD
Price realized: 90 USD
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PHRYGIA, Aezanis. Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ (21mm, 4.53 g, 12h). Nannas, stephanophoros. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Zeus of Aezanis standing left, holding eagle and long scepter. von Aulock Aezanoi, 39 var. (magistrate); RPC I 3073; SNG München 21-2. Earthen brown patina, cleaning scratches. Near VF.

Nannas, a benefactor of the city of Aezanis, is known from an inscription found on a monument in the ruins of the city. L. Robert Monnais Grecques, pp. 71-2. notes: "one of the wealthiest and most eminent men in the history of his city."
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