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Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Sabinius Modestus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. AVT K • M • ANT • ΓOΡΔIANOC • AVΓ (VΓ ligate), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / VΠ CAB MOΔЄCTOV NIKO-ΠOΛЄITΩN (ΩN ligate) ΠPOC (ΠP ligate) ICTΡON, Zeus seated to left, holding patera with right hand and sceptre with left, eagle at foot to left. RPC VII.2, 1320; Varbanov 4246; Moushmov 1485; AMNG 2040. 12.10gr, 27mm, 6h.
Very Fine. This coin published at www.wildwinds.com.
From 10th Duke of Argyll (d.1949) collection; Property of a private Norwich, UK, collector.
Very Fine. This coin published at www.wildwinds.com.
From 10th Duke of Argyll (d.1949) collection; Property of a private Norwich, UK, collector.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Sabinius Modestus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. AVT • K • M • ANT • ΓOPΔIANOC • AVΓ •, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / VΠ CAB MOΔЄCTOV NIKO-ΠOΛЄITΩN ΠP(ligate)-OC ICTPON, Sarapis seated to left, extending right arm over Cerberus, and holding sceptre with left. RPC VII.2, 1301; AMNG 2045. 12.05gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
AY KAI M AYPH KOMOΔOC, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / ΦIΛIΠΠO-[ΠOΛE]ITΩN, Apollo standing facing, head to left, holding patera in his right hand and branch in his left. Varbanov 980. 3.32gr, 18mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Dated CY 5 (AD 244). IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M S C-OL VIM, Moesia standing facing, head to left, between bull and lion; AN V in exergue. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2396; AMNG 100. 18.67gr, 29mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Uncertain Koinon mint, possibly Nicomedia. AVT KAIC TPAI AΔPIANOC CЄB, laureate head to right / KOI-NON BEIΘH(?)NIAC, octastyle temple on podium of two steps, pellet between middle columns, figure in the pediment; below, prow. Cf. RPC III, 1017; cf. RG 38. 20.93gr, 32mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Unpublished Obverse Legend
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IMP C M OPE SEVE MACRINVS AV, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / C G I H PA (Colonia Gemella Julia Hadriana Pariana), Genius standing facing, head to left, holding cornucopia with left hand and patera over lighted altar with right. Unpublished in the standard references, including BMC, SNG BnF, SNG von Aulock and Copenhagen. 5.95gr, 23mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Black patina. Unpublished with this obverse legend.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
Very Fine. Black patina. Unpublished with this obverse legend.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
IMP C M OPE SEV MACRINVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / C G I H PA (Colonia Gemella Julia Hadriana Pariana), Genius standing facing, head to left, holding cornucopia with left hand and patera over lighted altar with right. SNG BnF 1501. 5.25gr, 22mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
M IOY • ΦIΛIΠΠOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / MHTPO-ΠOΛЄITΩN, Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding rudder with right hand and cornucopia with left. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 20411; SNG BnF 1652; SNG Copenhagen 933. 4.58gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
ΔOMITIA CЄBACTH, draped bust to right / MAΓΝH CIΠV, river god Sipylos reclining to left, holding reed in his right hand, cornucopia in his left and resting his left elbow upon overturned urn from which liquid flows. RPC II, 986; GRPC 122; SNG Copenhagen 259; SNG von Aulock 3003. 2.77gr, 16mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Struck AD 177-179. Α Κ • Λ ΑΥΡ ΚOΜOΔO ΑΥ[Γ], laureate young bust to right / ΦΙΛΑΔЄ-ΛΦЄΩΝ, Asclepius standing facing, head to left, holding serpent-staff. RPC IV.2, 1377 (temporary); GRPC Lydia 303. 5.02gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Interesting Issue with Blundered Legends
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
ΛΟΥΚΙΟΣ ΚΟΡΝΗΛΙΟΣ ΟΥΕΤΤΗΝΙΑΝΟΣ, ΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΟΣ KAI ΑΣΙΑΡΧΗΣ (Loukios Kornelios Vettenianos, strategos and asiarch). Struck AD 211-217. N A M AMATNYNЄINO (sic), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / KOP OYETTHNIAN M AP NYONVS VIΓΑΟΥ Κ ΜΟ (sic) around, XPY-CANΘIN[A C]APΔIA-NΩN [...blundered insciption] in six lines within laurel wreath. For another example with similar legends cf. GRPC 523. 19.02gr, 35mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Apparently the only known example with these legends.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Very Fine. Apparently the only known example with these legends.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Struck circa AD 161-165. ΕΥΑΡΕΣΤΟΣ, ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΥΣ (Euarestos, grammateus). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / [ЄΠΙ] ΓΡΑ ЄΥ-ΑΡЄϹ[ΤΟΥ] ΤΡΑΛ[ΛΙΑΝΩΝ] ('under the grammateus Euarestos, of the Trallians'), Heracles, nude, seated to left on rock covered with lion skin, holding patera (or apple) in right hand, and resting his left on club. RPC IV.2, 2882 (temporary); GRPC 222. 25.35gr, 37mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Good Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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