Description: Bithynia, Nikaia, Vespasian (69 - 79 AD). Proconsul Marcus Plancius Varus. ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΙ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΩ ΝΕΙΚΑ; laureate head right / ΕΠΙ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΠΛΑΝΚΙΟΥ ΟΥΑΡΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ; panther seated left, with paws resting on krater.

Diameter: AE22 mm

Weight: 5,72 g

Grade: gF/gF

Attribution: BMC 7; RPC II 629

Commentary: rare; dark patina with bronze highlights

History: It was commonly thought in antiquity that panthers were fond of wine and that they could be captured by setting a bowl of it out and waiting until they had drunk to excess.

Article Number: 004-01-06-44757