The New York Sale 2026 Ancient & World



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1166 Lydia, Tralles. temp. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ (20mm, 5.4 g) ΓΑΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ; bare head of Gaius Caesar, right; ? below, star. ΚΑΙΣΑΡΕΩΝ; capricorn with cornucopia, right. Extremely Fine.

$250

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1167 Asia Minor. Uncertain. Gaius Sosius, Questor (39 BC), Governor of Syria (38 BC). AE (21 mm Circa 39 BC. Æ (5.10 g; 19mm). Bare head right. Reverse: Prow right; Q below. RPC I 5411.9; FITA p. 13. Deep olive-green. Good Very Fine. In the past this coin has been attributed to a Macedonian locale and the portrait identified as either Brutus or Caesar; while RPC has argued for a Syrian or Cilician origin and suggested the portrait is that of Octavian. Recent find evidence points to an origin in northern Asia Minor, while the portrait is likely that of Mark Antony’s general Gaius Sosius, who was questor in 39 BC and Governor of Syria in 38 BC, where Antony supported Herod against his rival Antigonus.

$200

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1168 Uncertain Near East. Uncertain mint. Augustus (27 BC-AD 14) with the Nabataean King Aretas IV. AE (7.28 g; 22 mm), dated Year 3. AVGVS TR . POT, laureate head of Augustus left. Reverse: Diademed head of Aretas IV left; Aramaic sh’n’t (‘Year 3’). RPC I 5419; Hunter 738, 62, pl. CII.28 = SNG 4983 (same dies). Very rare. Dark forest green. Very Fine.

$2,000

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