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Caracalla AE 18mm of Laodicea ad Lycum, Phrygia. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
AV K M ANTΩΝЄI, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΛΑΟΔ-Ι-ΚЄΩΝ, Tyche, wearing polos on head, standing to left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopiae. SGI -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen 587 var. (obverse legend). 2.94gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar AE 26mm of Peltae, Phrygia. Struck circa AD 147-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ, bare-headed and draped bust with short beard to right / ΠΕΛΤΗΝΩΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ, distyle temple enclosing statue of Ephesia Artemis standing facing, wearing kalathos, and having supports; two stags flanking; in pediment, globe. RPC IV.2 Online 2144; BMC 23; Imhoof-Blumer KM, p. 284, 8. 12.54gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare; only three specimens cited by RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Philip I AE 25mm of Philomelium, Phrygia. AD 244-249. ΜΑΡΚΟΣ ΝΕΣΤΟΡΟΣ (Marcus, son of Nestor), archon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / ΕΠΙ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΝΕϹΤΟΡΟC ΦΙΛΟΜΗΛΕΩΝ, river-god Gallos reclining to left, holding cornucopia and reed with right hand, and resting left elbow on urn from which water flows. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 20688. 7.81gr, 25mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very rare; only three specimens cited by RPC Online.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Phrygia, Prymnessus AE 25mm. Time of Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-180. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IЄPA • CYN-KΛHTOC, draped bust of the Roman Senate to right / ΠΡVΜΝ-ΗϹϹЄ[ΩΝ], Cybele seated to left on throne, holding her right hand above forepart of lion to left and leaning left on tympanon. RPC V.2 Unassigned ID 27262; Von Aulock, Phrygien II, 895-904. 7.49gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nerva AE 23mm of Synnada, Phrygia. AD 96-98.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[...] ΝΕΡΟΥΑϹ [...], laureate head to right / [ΔΙΑ ΠΑΝΔΗΜΟΝ ϹΥΝΝΑΔΕΙϹ?], Zeus Pandemos seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, Nike holding wreath. Cf. RPC III 2618. 9.37gr, 23mm, 11h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Zeus Pandemos was the chief god of Synnada, and his epithet ΠΑΝΔΗΜΟΣ means ''of all the people'' (see the word 'pandemic'), an indication of a form of Zeus associated with the community and popular support. -
Severus Alexander AE 25mm of Side, Pamphylia. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[Α Κ Μ ΑΥ ϹЄΟΥ ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹЄ], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Wreath set on table, containing CIΔΗ-TΩΝ; to left and right, palm frond. RPC VI Online 6430; Watson 351; SNG BnF 841. 8.79gr, 25mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Philip I AE 25mm of Antioch, Pisidia. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS A, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ANTIOCHI CO-[LO]NI, Vexillum surmounted by eagle between two standards surmounted by eagles; S R between. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 3239. 9.22gr, 25mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus AE 20mm of Anazarbus, Cilicia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑV ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC, radiate head to right / ANAZA-[P]B MHTP-O, octastyle temple, pellet in pediment; AMK (ΠΡΩΤΗΣ ΜΕΓΙΣΤΗΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΗΣ) below. Cf. RPC VI Online 10855 = Jahrbuch für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte 61, 2011, 27,3. 5.59gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Reverse slightly off-centre. Exceedingly rare; only one example on RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Augustus AE 16mm of Koinon of Cyprus. Struck circa 21 BC. Aulus Plautius, proconsul.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[IMP CAES DIVI F AVGVSTVS], bare head to right / A • PLAVTIV-S • PROCOS, Zeus Salaminios standing to left, holding patera and short sceptre; eagle perched on his wrist. RPC I, 3907; Amandry, Julio-Claudien 2b (Salamis?); Parks 2b. 3.61gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Lucius Verus AE 17mm of Ankyra, Galatia. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΑΥΤO Λ OΥΗΡOϹ, laureate head to right / ΑΝΚ-ΥΡΑϹ, eagle standing facing, head to left, with spreading wings, holding wreath in beak. RPC IV.3 Online 9787 = Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, GR 19738 (Ankyra in Phrygia). 4.12gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; only one example on RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Tiberius AE Hemiassarion or Half Assarion of Koinon of Galatia. Dated CY 50 (AD 25 or 28-30). Possibly Pessinus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[TIBEPIO]Σ KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣTOΣ, laureate head to right / MHTHP ΘEധN ETEI N, turreted and draped bust of Cybele with long hair to left. RPC I 3554; SNG BnF 2393-4. 6.80gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AE 25mm of Koinon of Galatia. AD 98-117. ΤΙΤΟΣ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΣ ΒΑΣΣΟΣ (Titus Pomponius Bassus), presbeutes and antistrategos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AVTO NEPOY[ΑΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ], laureate head to right / ΕΠI Τ ΠΟΜΠΩΝ-ΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ, Mên standing to left, wearing chiton, cloak and oriental tiara, crescent on shoulder, holding patera in his extended right hand. RPC III, 2834. 11.94gr, 25mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.