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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt(?) PB Tessera. Circa 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Diademed head of Zeus to right / [B] A, eagle standing to left, wings closed. Unpublished but see Leu Numismatik, Web Auction 33, lot 2941. 3.27gr, 15mm, 10h.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla AE 17mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[...] M AV ANTΩNIN, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟС ΙCT, six-rayed star within crescent. Cf. Hristova/Jekov 8.18.48.4-7. 2.30gr, 17mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Severus Alexander AE 25mm of Deultum, Thrace. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL FL P-A-C DEVLT, the Three Graces standing nude and embracing. RPC VI Online 740 (temporary); Jurukova, Deultum 107; Staal 30.1.1; Draganov, Deultum 405-9. 9.02gr, 25mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Severus Numismatics, E-sale 95, lot 711. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Pontos, Komana AE 21mm. Dated CY 23 (AD 56/7). Time of Nero. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Radiate head of Helios(?) to right / Γ-Κ (date) ΚΟ-ΜΑ-ΝΩ-Ν in three lines, vertical club. RPC I 2161a.9 (this coin); RG 7; Amandry-Rémy, Comana 11-12. 6.99gr, 21mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk). -
Phrygia, Hierapolis AE 24mm. Time of Philip I, AD 244-249. Homonoia with Ephesos. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΛΑΙΡ-ΒΗΝΟϹ, radiate and draped bust of Apollo Lairbenos to right / ΙЄΡΑΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ ΚΑΙ ЄΦЄϹΙΩΝ ΝЄΩΚΟΡΩ-Ν ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ, two hands clasped. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 20751; Weber, JIAN 14 (1912), p. 78, IX, α-g; Franke & Nollé 709-727 (725-727 corr.). 4.88gr, 24mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Pisidia, Termessus Major AE Enneassarion. Time of Valerian I to Gallienus, AD 253-268. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
ΤЄΡΜΗCCЄΩΝ, laureate head of Zeus to right; Θ (mark of value) below / AYTONOMΩN, Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; Θ (mark of value) to right. RPC X Unassigned ID 63657; SNG BN 2194-6; SNG von Aulock 8639; SNG Copenhagen 337. 10.61gr, 27mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Vespasian AE 24mm of Laodicea Catacecaumene (as Claudiolaodicea Combusta), Lycaonia. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤ[ധΡ ΚΑΙCΑΡ] ΟΥЄCΠΑCΙΑΝΟC •, laureate head to right / CЄΒΑCΤΗ ΝЄΙΚΗ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟ[ΛΑΟΔΙΚЄധΝ], Nike standing to left, holding wreath and palm. RPC II, 1612; SNG BnF 2320-1; Von Aulock, Lykaoniens 141-50. 11.5gr, 24mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Cilicia, Mopsouestia-Mopsus AE 19mm. Dated CY 262 (AD 194/5). Time of Septimius Severus. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΔΡΙΑΝധΝ ΜΟΨΕΑΤധΝ, turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right / ЄTOVC B-Ξ-C (date), altar on stand. RPC IV.3 25422.1 (temporary) = SNG Levante 1342. 5.48gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Exceedingly rare. Best known specimen with clear date.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Nero AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated RY 10 and year 112 of the Caesarean Era (AD 63/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
NEPΩN KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣTOΣ, laureate head to right, wearing archaic aegis / ΕTOYΣ BIP • I, eagle standing to right on thunderbolt, with wings spread; palm branch to right. RPC I 4189; McAlee 265b; Prieur 89. 15.06gr, 26mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Lightly toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Domitian AE 28mm of Antioch, Seleucia and Pieria. AD 74.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP DOMI[TIANVS C]AES AVG, laureate head to right / S C within laurel wreath. RPC II, 2021; McAlee 406. 12.66gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 98-117. Uncertain Regnal Year.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head of Trajan to right; below, club and eagle standing to right / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ [...], laureate bust of Melkart to right, with lion skin tied around neck. Cf. RPC III, 3539 (RY 15). 13.75gr, 23mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Tr Pot XV Cos V (AD 110/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head of Trajan to right, set on eagle standing to right; to lower left, club / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ IЄ ΥΠΑΤ Є, the Tyche of Antioch seated to right on rocks, holding grain ears in her right hand; below to right, river-god Orontes swimming to right, looking back. RPC III 3540; McAlee 470; Prieur 1498 (Tyre). 13.48gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.