Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History, Stamps & Coins
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Caracalla AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 215.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΚΥΝΤΙΛΙΑΝΟΣ (Quintilianus), legatus Augusti pro praetore. ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟ•C • ΠΙ-ΟC • ΑVΓΟVCTOC, laureate head to right / VΠ ΚVΝΤΙΛΙΑΝ-ΟV ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛIΤ-Ω-Ν, Tyche standing facing, head to left, sacrificing from patera over lighted altar with right hand and holding cornucopia in left. Hristova/Jekov 6.18.36.10a; Varbanov 981. 9.08gr, 26mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. -
Plautilla AE 25mm of Corcyra, Illyria. AD 202-205.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[ΠΛΑΥΤΙΛΛΑ CЄΒΑCΤΗ], draped bust to right / [ΚΟΡΚΥΡΑΙധΝ], Pegasus flying to right. SNG Copenhagen 270; BMC 691. 6.62gr, 25mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Attica, Athens AE 19mm. Time of Augustus, circa mid-late 20s BC. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Athena Parthenos to right, wearing Attic helmet / Athena advancing to right, holding spear pointed upwards; before, coiled serpent to right; Α-ΘΕ in two lines behind; all within wreath. RPC I, 1309B; Chaidari and Ag. Varvara hoards 47; Kroll, Agora 151; Svoronos pl. 80, 34. 8.45gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; only two examples in RPC Online.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Attica, Athens AE 9mm. Circa AD 120-175. Agora Periods VB and C.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Head of youthful Theseus to right; to left, club(?) / [ΑΘΗ], club. RPC IV.1 Online 8283 (temporary); Kroll, Agora 237(3); Svoronos, Athens pl. 96, 37 and 39. 1.28gr, 9mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Attica, Athens AE 12mm. Circa 120-175. Agora Periods VB and C. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Helmeted head of Athena with traces of drapery to left / ΑΘΗ, prow to right; serpent on ram. RPC IV.1 Online 8247 (temporary); Kroll, Agora 220(2); Svoronos, Athens pl. 97, 42. 1.53gr, 12mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Attica, Athens AE 13mm. Circa AD 120-175. Agora Periods VB and C. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Helmeted head of Athena with traces of drapery to right / ΑΘΗΝΑΙ, owl perching to left, in olive-tree; tree entwined by serpent. RPC IV.1 Online 10751 (temporary); Kroll, Agora 225; Svoronos, Athens 89.23. 1.42gr, 13mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one specimen cited by RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Tiberius for Drusus Minor AE As of Corinth, Corinthia. AD 21-22. L. Castricius Regulus and P. Caninius Agrippa duoviri.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[L CASTRICIO REGVLO IIVIR QVINQ], bare head of Drusus to right / [P CANINI]O AGR[IPPA IIVIR QVINQ] COR, Livia, veiled, seated to right, holding patera and sceptre. RPC I, 1150; BCD Corinth 375. 6.67gr, 21mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla AE Assarion of Pheneus, Arcadia. AD 198-217.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
[...]NINOC, laureate head to right / ΦЄNЄA-T[ѠN], bearded Satyr standing to right, right hand raised, left hand outstretched. BCD Peloponnesos 1638; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; NCP p. 98 (Sept. Severus). 4.26gr, 22mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla AE 21mm of Phialia, Arcadia. Struck circa AD 198-209.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[...] AYP A[...], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / [ΦI]-A ΛЄWN, Athena standing to left, holding with right hand patera and spear in left. Cf. BCD Peloponnesos 1656.1; cf. BCD Peloponnesos II 2917; NCP p. 107; Dura -; BMC -. 4.14gr, 21mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Septimius Severus AE Assarion of Gythium, Laconia. AD 193-211.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Illegible inscription, laureate head to right / ΓΥ-[ΘЄ]-ΑΤWΝ, Athena standing facing, head to left, holding long spear with her left hand and patera with her right. Cf. Depeyrot Dura Hoard 7363; cf. Bellinger Dura Final report 2127; cf. Froehner 3049b. 4.02gr, 22mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Julia Domna, Augusta AE Assarion of Gythium, Laconia. Struck under Septimius Severus, struck AD 202-205.
Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Illegible inscription, draped bust to right / ΓVΘЄ[ATΩN], statue of Athena at the acropolis of Gythium, helmeted, standing to left, peplos over arms, holding spear with right hand. BCD Peloponnesos -; BCD Peloponnesos II -; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; NCP p. 62, 8; for similar reverse cf. Mionnet IV, p. 233, 72 (Geta); E. Papaefthymiou, "Monnaies du Péloponnèse dans la collection de la Fondation du monde hellénique" in BCH139-140.2 (2016), fig. 17; CNG, e-603, 424 (hammer: 650 USD). 3.66gr, 23mm, 3h.
Good Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla AE Assarion of Gythium, Laconia. AD 198-217.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[...] AY ANTΩΝΙΝ[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [ΓΥΘЄ]-ΑΤΩΝ, Athena standing facing, head to left, holding long spear and patera. 3.86gr, 20mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
