Lot 108. Ionia, Smyrna. Britannicus (?). Caesar, A.D. 41-55. AE 16. Struck ca. A.D. 50-54. Eikadios and Philistos, magistrates. Ex CNG 411, lot 297.

Ionia, Smyrna. Britannicus (?). Caesar, A.D. 41-55. AE 16 (16 mm, 3.11 g, 12 h). Struck ca. A.D. 50-54. Eikadios and Philistos, magistrates. ZYMP, bareheaded and draped bust of Britannicus (?) right / ΕΠΙ ΦΙΛΙΣΤΟΥ ΕΙΚΑΔΙΟΣ, Nike advancing right, holding trophy over her shoulder. Klose Type XXXI; RPC I 2476 (Nero as Caesar, under Claudius); SNG Copenhagen 1351; SNG von Aulock 7995. VF, brown patina, light roughness and deposits. 

Ex CNG 411, lot 297. 

The authors of RPC dispute Klose's identification of the head on this coin as Britannicus, favoring instead an identification of Nero. Without an inscription, either could be a possibility.

 

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$  100.00

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