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Caracalla AE 30mm of Serdica, Thrace. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
AVT K M AVP CEV ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / OYΛΠIAC CEPΔIKHC, Asklepios standing facing, head to left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. H&J, Serdica 12.18.20.9; Ruzicka 244; Varbanov 2191. 15.44gr, 30mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Caracalla AE 31mm of Trajanopolis, Thrace. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AVT K M AVPH ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head to right / TPAIANOΠΟΛEITΩN, Asklepios standing facing, head to left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. Varbanov 2777. 15.55gr, 31mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Gordian III AE 30mm of Viminacium, Moesia Superior. Dated CY 3 (AD 241/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M S C-OL VIM, Moesia standing facing, head to left, extending hands over bull and lion standing on either side; AN III (date) in exergue. RPC VII.2 20; H&J, Viminacium 8; Varbanov 115. 16.85gr, 30mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Philip I AE 30mm of Viminacium, Moesia Superior. Dated CY 8 (AD 246/247).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / P M S C-OL VIM, Moesia standing facing, head to left, extending hands to bull and lion standing at feet on either side; AN VIII (date) in exergue. AMNG I 104; SNG Hungary 322ff. 19.18gr, 30mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis AE 17mm. 2nd-3rd century AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
MAPKIA-NOΠOΛIC, veiled and turreted bust of Tyche to right / MAPKIAN-OΠOΛIT-ΩN, Cybele seated to left on throne, holding patera and resting arm on drum. H&J, Marcianopolis 6.0.31.2. 4.40gr, 17mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Septimius Severus AE 21mm of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AV Λ CЄΠT CЄVHPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN, Cybele seated to left on throne, holding patera and resting elbow upon tympanum; lion to left and right. Varbanov 723. 4.90gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Septimius Severus AE 18mm of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
AV Λ CЄΠT CЄVHPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩ, Cybele seated to left on throne, holding patera and resting elbow upon tympanum; lion to left and right. Cf. Varbanov 723. 3.97gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Caracalla and Julia Domna AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 198-217. ΚΥΝΤΙΛΙΑΝΟΣ (Quintilianus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ANTΩNINOC AVOVCTOC IOΥΛIA [...], laureate head of Caracalla to right vis-à-vis draped bust of Julia Domna to left / [...]TIΛIANOV MAPKIANOΠOΛI[...], Nemesis standing to left, raising right hand to her mouth and holding cubit-rule with left; at feet, griffin to left and wheel; Є (mark of value) in left field. Cf. Varbanov 1034. 12.30gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Caracalla AE 17mm of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 215.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟC ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC, laureate head to right / MAPKIANOΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, lion standing to left. Varbanov 909 var. (obverse legend and lion to right); otherwise apparently unpublished. 2.28gr, 17mm, 8h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Geta, as Caesar, AE 17mm of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 198-209.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Π CΕΠΤΙ ΓΕΤΑC K, bare head to right / MAPKIANO-ΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Asklepios standing facing, head to left, holding serpent-entwined staff. Varbanov 1096. 3.22gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Diadumenian, as Caesar, AE 15mm of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
M OΠEΛΛIOC ANTΩNINOC, bare-headed cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / MAPKIANOΠOΛEITΩN, crescent and three stars. Varbanov 1320. 2.88gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Elagabalus, with Julia Maesa AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 218-222. ΙΟΥΛΙΟΣ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΣ (Julius Antonius Seleukus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AVT K M AVP ANTΩNEINOC AVΓ IOVΛIA MAECA AVΓ (NE ligate), laureate head of Elagabalus and draped bust of Julia Maesa, wearing stephane, facing one another / VΠ IᏌΛ ANT CEΛEVKOV MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN (ΩΝ ligate), Sarapis standing facing, head to left, holding long sceptre and raising right hand; E (mark of value) in left field. RPC VI, 1434 (temporary); AMNG 937-8; Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.28.6.3-4. 13.18gr, 28mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
