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Domitian AE 20mm of Amasia, Pontus. Dated CY 95 (AD 92/3).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
ΑΥΤ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΩ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡ, laureate head to right / ΑΜΑϹϹЄΙΑ ЄΤΟΥϹ Єꟼ (date), turreted and draped bust of Tyche to left. RPC II 1632A; Dalaison 12. 5.92gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare; the best example among two others recorded by Dalaison and three by RPC Online.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AE Diassarion or 2 Assaria of Nicopolis ad Lycum, Pontus. Dated CY 42 (AD 112/3).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ ΤΟ ϚΙ, laureate head to right / [Ν]ЄΙΚΟΠΟ[ΛЄധ]Ϲ [ЄΤΟΥϹ ΜΒ], Nike advancing to right, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond in her left. RPC III, 2942; cf. Dalaison, Nicopolis, 15a. 8.85gr, 25mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Philip I AE 26mm of Iuliopolis, Bithynia. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Μ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑΥΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΙΟΥΛΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Hygieia standing to right, feeding serpent from patera, facing Asclepius standing to left, holding serpent staff; between them, Telesphorus. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 71078; RG -. 9.32gr, 26mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk). Extremely rare; only one other example cited by RPC Online.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Germe AE 16mm. Circa AD 100-150. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΙЄΡΑ ϹVΝ-ΚΛΗΤΟ, draped male bust of the Senate to right / ΓЄΡΜΗ-[ΝΩΝ], laureate and draped bust of Apollo to right; in front, laurel-branch. RPC III, 1771; BMC 1, pl. XVI, 1. 2.59gr, 16mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Commodus AE 22mm of Kyzikos, Mysia. Struck circa AD 188-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡ] ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟС, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [ΚVΖΙΚΗ]-ΝΩΝ, sheep or calf advancing to right. RPC IV.2 Online 731; Lindgren I, 232; BMC 244; SNG von Aulock 1275; SNG Copenhagen 117; SNG BnF 743. 4.14gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla AE Assarion of Parium, Mysia. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
ANTONINVS PIVS AV, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / C G I H PA, Genius standing facing, head to left, sacrificing out of patera over lighted altar with his right hand and holding cornucopia in his left. SNG Copenhagen 294; SNG BnF 1496; SNG von Aulock 1340. 8.52gr, 23mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AE Assarion of Poemanenum, Mysia. AD 98-117. ΕΓΔΙΚΟΣ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟΣ (Egdikos, son of Fronton), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £107
[ΑΥΤΟ]ΚΡΑΤΟΡΙ ΚΑΙCΑΡΙ CΕΒΑΣΤΟ [...], laureate head to right / ΕΠΙ ΕΓΔΙΚΟΥ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝ[...] ΠΟΙΜΑ, Dionysos standing to left, holding kantharos in right hand, left resting on long thyrsos; at his feet, panther to left. Unpublished in the major references; for a similar example cf. RPC III, 1657. 3.19gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished and apparently unique.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Troas, Alexandreia AE 20mm. Time of Gallienus, AD 260-268. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
CO-L [TROA], turreted and draped bust of Tyche to right; vexillum to left / COL AV TRO, horse grazing to right; tree behind. Bellinger A487. 5.36gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Claudius AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Ephesus, Ionia. Struck circa AD 41-42.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,680
TI CLAVD CAES AVG, bare head to left / DIAN EPHE, temple of Diana Ephesia: cult statue of Diana of Ephesus with fillets hanging from her wrists, polos on her head within tetrastyle temple, pediment decorated with figures flanking a central table with disk above, two tables and recumbent figures in angles. RPC I 2222 (Cistophoric mint); RSC 30. 11.73gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Beautiful old cabinet toning with golden iridescence on reverse. Minor oxidations.
From the collection of Georges Müller, numismatist (collector's tickets included). -
Severus Alexander AE 36mm of Smyrna, Ionia. AD 222-235. Marcus Vinicius Polites, strategos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
ΑY Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹЄY ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ • ΠΡΩ • ΑϹΙ • Γ ΝЄΩ • Τ-ΩΝ • ϹЄΒ ЄΠ Ϲ • ΠΟΛЄΙΤΟΥ, Cybele seated on throne to left, holding patera and leaning elbow on tympanum; at her feet, lion to left. Cf. RPC VI Online 4680; Klose 3. 21.86gr, 36mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Excessively rare; only one other example cited by RPC Online.
Private collection, France. Private European collection. -
Salonina, Augusta AE Diassarion or 2 Assaria of Aphrodisias, Caria. AD 254-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΠΟ ΛΙ ΚΟΡ ϹΑΛΩΝΙΝΑ C, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / ΑΦΡΟΔ-Ι-ϹΙЄΩΝ, cult statue of Aphrodite standing to right; to left and right, priestess seated to right and fountain (?); above, star and crescent. RPC X unassigned ID 60138; MacDonald 232. 6.64gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Lydia, Maeonia AE 14mm. Time of Hadrian, AD 117-138. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate and draped bust of Herakles to right / ΜΑΙΟΝΩ[Ν], club and bow in bowcase; above, bee. RPC III, 2428; GRPC Lydia 20; SNG von Aulock 3008. 2.98gr, 14mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.