AV K Λ CЄΠTI CЄVHPOC Π, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Y I ΦAYCTINIANO-Y MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩΝ, Homonoia standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia. Varbanov 797. 12.74gr, 28mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
Μ ΟΠΕΛΛΙΟΝ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟN Κ (NE ligate), bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟ-ΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Artemis advancing to right, with right hand drawing arrow from quiver on shoulder and holding bow in left; at her feet, hound running to right; in left field, Γ (mark of value). H&J 6.25.13.1; Varbanov 1313. 8.39gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Baldwins, UK.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
Extremely Rare
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
AYT K M AVP CЄVH ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate head to right / ΠΛΩTЄINO-ΠOΛЄITΩN, youthful hero or emperor on horseback to right, holding transverse spear. Moushmov -; Varbanov 1851 var. (bust and obverse legend). 19.05gr, 33mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare and apparently unpublished. Only one other example on CoinArchives (Helios Numismatik, Auction 5, 25 June 2010, lot 582).
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Diademed and draped bust of Artemis to right, bow and quiver over shoulder, on the boss of a Macedonian shield / Club; monogram of ΒΥΔΡ and MAKEΔONΩN above, ΠPΩTHΣ and monograms of KT and MET below; all within oak wreath, thunderbolt to left. Cf. Prokopov, Silver, Group II.A, 258 (slightly differing lower monograms); HGC 3, 1103. 16.67gr, 31mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin headdress / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY, bow in bow-case above club; below, grain ear. Price 2102; SNG Copenhagen 1054; Müller 569; HGC 3.1, 950a. 5.58mm, 18mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
ΑΥΤΟ Λ ΑV ΚΟΜΟΔΟС ΚΑΙСΑΡ, bareheaded and draped bust to right / ΑΜΦΙΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ, Tyche enthroned to left, holding phiale. RPC IV.1 Online 4243 (temporary); BMC 115. 10.65gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Scarce.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 71, 28 May 2020, lot 733 (company's ticket included).
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 86, 8 July 2021, lot 724 (company's ticket included).
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 390, 1 February 2017, lot 318 (company's ticket included).
Property of a London antiquarian.
AV • K • M • ANT • ΓOPΔIANOC •, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / CΔC-C-CCΩN, Roma seated to left on shield, holding Nike, being crowned by the Tyche of Edessa standing to left behind, holding sceptre. Varbanov 3674. 7.91gr, 25mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Dark green patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Pedigreed to 1934
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS, laureate head to right / C L I COR (Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensium), temple with two columns enclosing statue of nude Mercury/Hermes seated to left, extending right hand over ram, and holding caduceus and chlamys with left. RPC IV.1 Online 7872 (temporary); BCD Corinth 655. 12.20gr, 26mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From early 20th century collection, acquired in 1934.
Accompanied by old collector's envelope noting '3/12/34'.
Among the Finest Examples
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥP ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΑΔΡ ϹЄΥ ΑΝΤ ΑΜΑϹΙΑϹ ΜΗT NЄ ΠP (MH and ΠP ligate), high altar surmounted by eagle with spread wings standing to left; to left, tree; star in upper left field; ЄΤ ϹΘ (date) below. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 83890; Dalaison, Amaseia 522. 15.09gr, 30mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Sharp details.
Acquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
[IOYΛIA ΔOMNA AYΓOYCTA], veiled and draped bust to right, wearing stephane / [KOI ΠON NEOKAI MHTPO or similar], flaming altar within tetrastyle temple, pellet in pediment; ЄT PMR (date; MR ligate) below. RPC V.3, Unassigned ID 85708; cf. Çizmeli 105. 13.02gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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. 5.86gr, 23mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
IMP C M OPE SEV MACRINVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / C G I H P (Colonia Gemella Julia Hadriana Pariana), capricorn to right, bearing cornucopia on its back and with globe between its forelegs. BMC Mysia 111; SNG BnF 1502. 4.71gr, 22mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.