Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Sale 128    23–25 Nov 2021   Dixson Room, State Library of NSW   Sydney

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Lot 2665    SESSION 11 (9.30AM THURSDAY 25TH NOV)    Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Estimate $1,500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $1,200

MAURETANIA, Kingdom of, Juba II, (25 B.C. - 23 A.D.), silver denarius, dated year 42 = 17-18 A.D., (2.99 g), obv. head of Juba as a youthful Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin headdress, club over shoulder, REX JUBA before, dotted border, rev. bull standing to right on ground line wearing headdress of Isis above, in exergue RXXXXII, dotted border, (S.-, Spoerri-Butcher [SNR 94, 2015] group 41 [obv.24, rev.3], Mazard 226, MAA 172, SNG Cop.589). Near mint state, with delightful patination, with highlights of gold and blue, very rare.

Ex Glendining's London, July 10, 1985 (lot 80), previously from Spink, Numismatic Circular, June 1952 No.6613 (noted as FDC), and probably from the Banasa/El Ksar hoard of 1907 (ICGH 2307).
Sales in 2019 of two very similar examples (same dies) in Roma Numismatics, ?1700 Auction XVIII, 29 Sep 2019 [lot 511]; ?2000 Auction XVII, 28 Mar 2019 [lot 332].

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