Lot 32138 > PHRYGIA. Cibyra. T. Clodius Eprius Marcellus, as Legate of Lycia (AD 53-56). AE (18mm, 4.20 gm, 1h). NGC XF 5/5 - 3/5. MAP-KEΛΛOC, laureate head of Marcellus right / ΚIBY-PATΩN, eagle standing facing on altar, head right, tail right. SNG von Aulock 8397 ("time of Tiberius"). RPC I 2890. Very rare with only six examples in sales archives. Marcellus was consul twice and is best known today for his prosecution of Thrasea Paetus, a critic of the emperor Nero. In AD 79, Marcellus committed suicide after being found guilty of participating in a plot against Vespasian.

Lot 2138

Lot 32138 > PHRYGIA. Cibyra. T. Clodius Eprius Marcellus, as Legate of Lycia (AD 53-56). AE (18mm, 4.20 gm, 1h). NGC XF 5/5 - 3/5. MAP-KEΛΛOC, laureate head of Marcellus right / ΚIBY-PATΩN, eagle standing facing on altar, head right, tail right. SNG von Aulock 8397 ("time of Tiberius"). RPC I 2890. Very rare with only six examples in sales archives. Marcellus was consul twice and is best known today for his prosecution of Thrasea Paetus, a critic of the emperor Nero. In AD 79, Marcellus committed suicide after being found guilty of participating in a plot against Vespasian.

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Lot 2138