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LOT 3099

Augustus AE 24mm of Sidon, Phoenicia. 27 BC-AD 14.

Dated CY 123 (AD 12/13). Laureate head to right, aphlaston before / Bull running to left, upon which sits Europa, who holds her veil and horn of bull; ΣΙΔΩΝ L ΓΚΡ (date) below. RPC -; Rouvier -; BMC Phoenicia -. Near Very Fine. Apparently unpublished variety.(7.91gr, 24mm, 12h.).

Provenance

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 85, 19 November 2023, lot 218.

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Unpublished Variety

LOT 3099

Augustus AE 24mm of Sidon, Phoenicia.

Sold for (Inc. bp): £111

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